Stalingrad: Memories and Reassessments (Cassell Military Paperbacks) [Paperback]

Joachim Wieder (Author), Heinrich Graf Von Einsiedel (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks | Publication Date: 2002

Stalingrad in the Second World War has become a by-word for misplaced military endeavour - and courage, endurance, heroism beyond all human belief. Joachim Wieder survived the German collapse, and the subsequent years in Soviet captivity, to write his memoir of the battle in 1962. It was no routine account; he found it necessary to re-examine what motives drove the Germans on in the face of hopeless odds, why orders were issued that could only lead to certain death, the lies promulgated by high command, the whole morass of unjustified and pointless conflict. This is an absorbing evaluation of war, revised in 1993 in the light of later information on the battle, and available now in English for the first time. It was the first German book on Stalingrad to be published in the Soviet Union.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Wieder was an orderly officer in Enemy Intelligence on the staff of VIII Army, well placed to contrast and compare Russian and German tactics. Comrade and friend of Wieder for fifty years, Heinrich Graf von Einsidel helped in the researching and updating of the later edition of STALINGRAD. Wieder was an orderly officer in Enemy Intelligence on the staff of VIII Army, well placed to contrast and compare Russian and German tactics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Cassell (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0304363383
• ISBN-13: 978-0304363384
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT BOOK, September 9, 2003

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This book belongs on your bookshelf. Alongside you simply must have Joel Hayward, "Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East 1942-1943". These books give a tactical perspective and a strategic perspective. They therefore go hand in hand to give a complete picture.

This is a very nice book from reader's point of view. It reads like fiction, but it is not!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the best Synopsis of the Battle for Stalingrad, June 29, 2003

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This review is from: Stalingrad: Memories and Reassessments (Cassell Military Paperbacks) (Paperback)

Written from the perspective of an Intelligence Staff Officer, this book offers an outstanding blend of the perspective from the top as well as a more junior officer. Specific sections on von Manstein, von Seydlitz, and Paulus are also quite insightful. No matter what other fine books you have on Stalingrad, i.e. Beevor, definitely add this one to your collection.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stalingrad: Memories and Reassessments, July 1, 2003

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I found this book to offer a different view
of von Manstein and von paulus than people
are used to. Written by someone who was
in the pocket of stalingrad, it offers
a first person view of the battle. For fans
of von manstein, the book offers a critical
and i thought a fresh view of the man, who is
held in high regard by most historians but not
so high by this officer in the sixth army.I found
book to be fast read. You'll enjoy it