Stalingrad

[AtW]

PPS ATW Why is it a bad book? I thought it was alright.

The book was written in a language typical for a soviet suck-up rather than objective writer: if you look at how Manstein wrote his work you will see that he very rarely, if at all, uses absolutes - lots of words: probably, likely etc: now that's objective approach even though he was in a very biased position, yet he wrote in a very good unbiased way showing that he really was a professional of the highest order.

Beevor's fall of Berlin has got same problems - compare it for example to Liddle Hart's (spell?) book on World War 2 - now that's excellent work that does not suck up to either side, only pity that it mainly focussed on Allied operations, I wish someone of his quality could have written work on Ost Front's operations, sadly even if he was alive this would not be possible because Soviet/Russian military historians primarily serve the interests of the State to show their side in the best light by falsifying history.

[sasguru]

[QUOTE=DS23]

The city came before the book.

HTH
QUOTE]

really? my goodness and there was me thinking it was a work of fiction.

TFYH

TIC.
HTH.

[DS23]

[QUOTE=sasguru]The city came before the book.

HTH
QUOTE]

really? my goodness and there was me thinking it was a work of fiction.

TFYH

[Spacecadet]

PPS ATW Why is it a bad book? I thought it was alright.

So that's what he said
I thought it was good too - nice page turner, kept my interest right till the end.
Don't know about how accurate it is, didn't know much about it before hand so couldn't dispute anything written in the book

[sasguru]

Actually, I know you will find it is also the title of a book

The city came before the book.

HTH

PS God I'm bored.
PPS ATW Why is it a bad book? I thought it was alright.

[AtW]

If its by Antony Beevor then its poor book.

[DS23]

Actually I think you'll find it's a city.

Actually, I know you will find it is also the title of a book

[sasguru]

Stalingrad = fantastic book

Actually I think you'll find it's a city.

[EternalOptimist]

When I woke up it was so cold as if it was Stalingrad - all garden grass is frosty

They should change the name to Putingrad


or something

[Spacecadet]

Stalingrad = fantastic book

[HankWangford]

When I woke up it was so cold as if it was Stalingrad - all garden grass is frosty

off to kaliningrad in a few weeeks, cant wait.

[AtW]

When I woke up it was so cold as if it was Stalingrad - all garden grass is frosty