by Alan Clark (Author)
A famous and classic account: where Mr Clark really shines is in his ability to reproduce the titanic scale of the conflict, in all its ingredients of suspense, horror and tragedy. - Sunday Telegraph . Following the success of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad , interest in the history of the Eastern Front has grown enormously. This is the best one volume account in paperback. Alan Clark is celebrated as a historian, diarist and Conservative politician.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 570
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 02 Mar 2000
ISBN 10: 0304353760
ISBN 13: 9780304353767
Book Overview: Carefully researched and beautifully written, this book is a classic of military history. Alan Clark vividly narrates the course of the dramatic and brutal war between the German and Russians on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. From the invasion of Russia mounted on Midsummer's Day 1941 and the German Army's advance to the outskirts of Moscow, to the terrible turning point of Stalingrad and the eventual defeat of the Nazis at the Fall of Berlin after the hard years of fighting and advance by the Red Army, this is epic history narrated by a master.