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The Forsaken Army (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
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Product Description
On 2 February 1943, having been defeated at Stalingrad and surrounded by the Russian Army, 91,000 starved and exhausted soldiers of the German Sixth Army finally surrendered. By 1945 only 6,000 of these were still alive - and only a handful ever returned from Russia. Heinrich Gerlach was one of the survivors. From the moment of surrender he began to collect the personal stories of hundreds of his fellow prisoners: everyone from generals to veteran infantrymen to boys who had only just left the Hitler Youth. The result is a horrifying and uniquely authentic novel about the battle of Stalingrad, describing in detail one of the defining events of the twentieth century.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #489387 in Books
- Published on: 2002-03-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 384 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Heinrich Gerlach was captured by the Russian Army after Stalingrad, and spent the next 5 years in a prison camp. He wrote this book while in prison, but the manuscript was discovered and confiscated by the guards. After release, he reconstructed it from memory over the course of 5 years. The book contains nothing which did not in fact happen.
Customer Reviews
Extremely interesting
The author of this book was a member of Sixth Army and fought in the battle of Stalingrad. It is well written and easy to read. The beginning is not so good, but read through that and it starts to get good. This book does not concentrate on the fighting in Stalingrad, when it starts the Russian offensive Operation 'Uranus' is just about to begin. It does concentrate on some slight skirmishes and Russian attacks, but mostly it is about the men who fought and were trapped there. It concentrates on their emotions and feelings, from feeling invincible and full of confidence they will win, to hoping that von Manstein will come to save them and then as it finally dawns on them that there is no escape and they are doomed. A very good book that ,after the beginning (which is a party), is very hard to put down.
