Tuesday, July 10, 2012

STALINGRAD: HOW THE RED ARMY TRIUMPHED by MICHAEL K. JONES

Not to be confused with the war historian  Michael Jones who has written about the war in the eastern front this author has given a brilliant account of this epic world changing battle from the point of view of the Soviet 62nd Army.The author has a massive advantage over the likes of Anthony Beevor in that he has had unprecedented access to survivors ( primary sources) and previously unavailable documents including the 62nd Army war diary.He has also talked with the surviving children and relatives of the protagonists , eliciting private reminiscences they heard from their parents which give a truer account of the situation that official soviet censors allowed.

The true story of the spirit of the defenders of Stalingrad makes for an even more heroic account than previously credited.One of the reasons is that even the protagonists could not account for the fortitude and spirit on purely technical grounds , the word Devine is the only explanation that makes sense to those that were there.A code of Friendship;Loyalty;Honour and Selflish Devotion to Others is what shines through the whole account. 

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