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I’ve been waiting for a book that compiled individual accounts of the German experience in Stalingrad and finally, with SURVIVORS OF STALINGRAD, there is one. Editor, Reinhold Busch, has compiled 39 individual and diverse accounts of German soldiers and airmen who either escaped the Stalingrad “Kessel”/pocket or became prisoners and lived to tell about it. Busch, who has previously published his research of German surgeons in the battle of Stalingrad, provides an interesting and unique visage of the depravity experienced by an entire army left to fend for themselves after being surrounded by a motivated and vindictive Red Army. With temperatures falling to sub-zero levels and still wearing uniforms suited for spring and summer, each soldier/airman’s account echoes a recurring theme of futility and misery. The stories provide a broad perspective of the epic battle’s final days, giving readers a better understanding of the chaos and downright fear that blanketed those trapped inside the pocket ... from the frontline infantryman lacking ammunition and support to airmen dealing with the flood of terrified and wounded soldiers swarming their planes in a desperate attempt to flee captivi

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Author

Reinhold Busch

Publisher

Frontline Books

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848327665

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Military History, Biography

Rating

4.11 / 5 (34 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14