In November 1942, as the Battle of Stalingrad continued to rage,
the Red Army launched a devastating counter-attack from outside the
city. The Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled
Stalingrad, trapping some 290,000 soldiers of the German 6th Army
inside. For almost three months, during the harshest period of the
Russian winter, the besieged German troops endured atrocious
conditions. Freezing cold and reliant on dwindling food supplies
from Luftwaffe air drops, thousands died from starvation, frostbite
or infection, if not from the fighting itself. This important work
reconstructs the grim fate of the 6th Army in full by, for the
first time, examining the little-known story of the field hospitals
and central dressing stations. The author has trawled through
hundreds of previously unpublished reports, interviews, diaries and
newspaper accounts to reveal the experiences of soldiers of all
ranks, from simple soldiers to generals. The book includes
first-hand accounts of soldiers who were wounded or fell ill and
were flown out of the encirclement; as well as those who fought to
the bitter end and were taken prisoner by the Soviets. They reflect
on the severity of the fighting, and reveal the slowly ebbing hopes
for survival. Together they provide an illuminating and tragic
portrait of the climactic events at Stalingrad.
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