I loved the movie, it's one of the best anti-war movies of all times and i know it's not based on a book. I wanted to read a book who has the same anti-war sentiment about the battle of Stalingrad, i found Sven Hassel's The S.S. General who was a pretty good book even tho it wasn't particularly anti-war, can you suggest me another book about the battle of Stalingrad?
shareI don't know of many that are anti-war, but I am currently half way through reading "Survivors of Stalingrad: Eyewitness Accounts from the 6th Army, 1942-1943" by Reinhold Busch and it is all excerpts of German soldiers and airmen who fought and survived the battle (but most were wounded or captured and later repatriated). This sheds a light into the psyche of the German soldier during the battle. Many have a fatalistic existential view of the battle and war. So while not exactly what you are looking for it is a great read.
shareAntony Beevor's Battle of Stalingrad is a good historical account.
share"Stalingrad" by Theodor Otto Richard Plievier, is a good historical novel from the point of view of German soldiers during the battle, and the hell they went through.
shareAnything from the publisher Leaping Horseman Books, which specializes in books about Stalingrad and the Eastern Front: http://www.leapinghorseman.com/
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