Hello Michael will be definately buying your book in the near future,Jason Mark has a great recommendation of your book on the Leapinghorsemen site.Cheers

Almost finished the book.

Must say the book gets better the further you read it. And like I said I love books with veterans´ short stories among the story text.

Also probably the first one where the Red Army veterans at times praise the enemy....

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Interesting changes to the history as we´ve learned to know it in Stalingrad.

However like the author mentions these does not change the glory the Red Army soldiers in Stalingrad gained and deserved for fighting the 6th Army. These only make the war fought in Stalingrad more realistic and believable.

I recall some veteran said in the book that to make the stories published realistic you take the propaganda away and add many swear words instead.

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I will purchasing this book shortly and cant wait to read it!

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The war against Russia will be such that it cannot be conducted in a knightly fashion. This struggle is one of ideologies and racial differences and will have to be conducted with unprecedented, unmerciful and unrelenting harshness. -Adolf Hitler

A big thank you to everyone for your comments!

On Chuikov's remarks about the battle: he believed that the 62nd Army should never have been left on its own in Stalingrad for so long, bearing the brunt of the German onslaught. And at the crisis point of 14 October 1942 he felt that the defenders were inadequately reinforced.

Chuikov made his decision to be buried in Stalingrad, on the Mamaev Kurgan, during his last illness, on 27 July 1981. Many other veterans followed suit.

Casemate are bringing out the USA edition of my book this month.

With best wishes, Mike.

No problem Michael!

Thanx for the great book!

I guess all those folks have bought the book already who are interested in Stalingrad so I wonder if you can answer would Chuikov have been shot/ordered to commit suicide if his "resignation" would have been confirmed by ( in this case I guess all the way up ) Stalin himself.

Thanx for any extra info!

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Yees I am very much waiting for the release here in the states...... I have alreadt pre-ordered it!

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The war against Russia will be such that it cannot be conducted in a knightly fashion. This struggle is one of ideologies and racial differences and will have to be conducted with unprecedented, unmerciful and unrelenting harshness. -Adolf Hitler

I suspect the events at Stalingrad on 14-15 October 1942 will never be fully known. But yes, Chuikov's life was on the line - his predecessor, Lopatin, was arrested on 6 September for making an unauthorised retreat, placed under the authority of a military tribunal and probably shot. Crucially, Stalin seems to have supported Chuikov and decided that Yeremenko - the Front commander - was at fault for holding back reinforcements Stavka had earmarked for the city.

Thanks all of you for your interest and support!

Thanx alot for your answer Michael!

Stalingrad seems to bring surprises even today ( when you least expected it!).

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Your book is on my wish list for when my finances are better (between jobs now).

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Michael K. Jones;
A great book and it is good that someone is interviewing Russia's vanishing veterans. Are you writing any more books? The most telling part was the incident where the 62nd Frontoviks are playing gramophone records and someone from the other side calls "Hey Russki! Play Katyusha!" The shooting dies down as the Lydia Ruslanova tune plays (and here is another unexplored Russian strength-their great body of folk tunes). Here is an update of that greatest of Russian tunes rendered by Ukrainian folk singer Irina Bilyk; YouTube - Ирина Билык - Катюша
PS. Here is a Youtube musical slideshow you will appreciate; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg8LLAyguQ0
JeffinMNUSA

great another book for my wishlist Looking forward to read it.


Cheers...