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Stalingrad: a soldier’s testimony

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The Last Nails in the Red Army

His memory of the fighting, i think, personally, having published many books on the subject of ombatants in world war too, its quite exceptional. And and just how tough the soviet red army defenders were for the city,. The central part that they were trying to capture. But also he reinforces the view that we read in many books, that at the start of the battle, a lot of german roops on that front line really believed that if they got to the vulga, the war might well be over.

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