Stalingrad Enemy At The Gates

Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles of the war. Before the battle, Germany's fortunes had reached a high point, but after the defeat and surrender, 'the paths for Hitler and his legions led only to the grave'. Churchill expressed the significance of the battle most succinctly: This crushing disaster to the Germans ended Hitler's prodigious effort to conquer Russia by force of arms and destroy Communism by an equally odious form of totalitarian tyranny. The Sixth Army held on in Stalingrad until to the bitter end. In the effort to hold the city, they sustained 72,000 deaths, 42,000 wounded, and 107,000 taken as prisoners of war. Rarely have so many been sacrificed for the whim of one man; rarely have a people fought so bravely for their city and their homes.Seth, Ronald is the author of 'Stalingrad Enemy At The Gates', published 2006 under ISBN 9781841450551 and ISBN 1841450553.