Series that analyses the course of the bloody war between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union.
An examination of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the most horrific engagements in the history of warfare where, in 1942, the exhausted and demoralised Soviet army managed to turn the tables on Hitler's advancing forces through the implementation of new combat tactics: fighting on the retreat.
See Choice.
(Repeated next Saturday) (S)
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BBC Book: War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, priced £18.99