199 Days: The Battle for Stalingrad - Softcover

Hoyt, Edwin P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312868537 ISBN 13: 9780312868536

Publisher: Forge Books, 1999

Synopsis

The story of the siege by the acclaimed author of Hitler's War

In 199 Days, acclaimed historian Edwin P. Hoyt depicts the epic battle for Stalingrad in all its electrifying excitement and savage horror. More than the bloodiest skirmish in history-a momentous conflict costing three million lives-the siege was a hinge upon which the course of history rested. Had the Red Army fallen, the Nazi juggernaut would have rolled over Russia. Had the Germans not held out during those last few months, Stalin would have painted Europe red. Now, over 50 years after the most extraordinary battle of the second millennium, the truth about this decisive moment is finally revealed.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Hoyt serves the battle almost shot by shot...more powerful than any fiction." --Stephen Coonts

"Mr. Hoyt never loses sight of the agonies of combat." --The New York Times Book Review

"A master historian!" --Bestsellers

"As readable as the best wrought novel, as persuasive as the most authoritative history." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A thrilling account of war on a grand scale. Hoyt's superb account, which incorporates new information from the Russian archives, is a fitting memorial to the three million who died at Stalingrad." --Publishers Weekly

"Rings with the sound of truth, unembellished and unadorned." --Baltimore Sun

"A vivid reconstruction of the conflict....Military history of very high caliber." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Edwin P. Hoyt worked as a news editor for the US Office of War Information and was a member of their psychological warfare team in India, Burma and China.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312868537
• ISBN 13: 9780312868536
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304