Total War
From Stalingrad to Berlin
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Total War
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Narrated by:
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Simon Shepherd
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By:
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Michael Jones
About this listen
The powerful story of the Red Army's battle of liberation against the Nazi invader - from Stalingrad all the way to Berlin.
In February 1943, German forces surrendered to the Red Army at Stalingrad, and the tide of war turned. By May 1945 Soviet soldiers had stormed Berlin and brought down Hitler's regime.
Total War follows the fortunes of these fighters as they liberated Russia and the Ukraine from the Nazi invader and fought their way into the heart of the Reich. It reveals the horrors they experienced - the Holocaust, genocide and the mass murder of Soviet POWs - and shows the Red Army, brutalised by war, taking its terrible revenge on the German civilian population.
For the first time, Russian veterans are candid about the terrible atrocities their own army committed. But they also describe their struggle to raise themselves from the abyss of hatred. Their war against the Nazis - which in large part brought the Second World War in Europe to an end - is a tarnished but deeply moving story of sacrifice and redemption.
©2011 Michael Jones (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton LimitedThe horrors visited upon the Soviet populace and unspeakable Nazi cruelty is laid bare. Close to 75% of total German armed forces were serving on the Eastern Front. This is where the action was, not Western Europe. The Nazi campaign of extermination and terror, especially in Belorussia, was pretty harrowing to listen to. However, this pales compared to Soviet soldiers recounting fighting their way into Auschwitz and discovering living corpses. No wonder they drank so hard to escape the PTSD demons.
Apt title for the book. An emotionally heavy read.
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