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Part I: 65-yearTimeline of non-fiction books on Stalingrad published between 1945 and 2020.
Russian, German, British, American, Australian and French authors.
See part II for fiction books.
The list is not exhaustive and concerns only those books reviewed by StalData.
Alexander Werth
The year of Stalingrad
(Hamish Hamilton, 1946)
A journalistic account of the events in Russia in 1942. A great classic.
Vasily Chuikov memoirs
Начало Пути: "The beginning of the Road"
(Military Editions of USSR Ministry of Defense, 1962)
Chuikov was 62nd Army's Commander of course.
Georgy Zhukov memoirs
Воспоминания и размышления: "Reminiscences and Reflections"
(Novosti, 1969)
I won't offend you by explaining who Zhukov was. Of course his book is not only about Stalingrad, but we might get a focus on what he wrote about this.
Heinz Schröter
Stalingrad
(Ballantine, 1970)
Heinz Schröter was a war correspondent attached to 6th Army. He wrote a unique and not widely known account of the events as seen from inside the Stalingrad cauldron.
Collective work
Битва за Сталинград: "The Battle for Stalingrad"
(Nizhne-Volzhskoe izdatelstvo, 1972)
A compilation of accounts
John Erickson
The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin's War with Germany
(Harper & Row, 1975)
One of the first extensive studies on the Soviet-German War in English, with a significant section on the fighting for Stalingrad
Collective
Сталинград, уроки истории: "Stalingrad, History's lessons"
(Progress, 1976)
Another compilation of accounts
Collective
Великая Отечественная война: "The Great Patriotic War"
(Knizhnoe izdatelstvo, 1978)
A commented photo album
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Дело всей жизни: "The Case of All My Life"
(Politizdat, 1978)
Vasilevsky was Chief of the General staff of the Red Army
Nikolay Krylov
Сталинградский рубеж: "The Stalingrad Frontier"
(Voenizdat, 1979)
Krylov was 62nd Army's Chief of staff
Aleksey Chuianov
Сталинградский дневник: "Stalingrad Chronicles". Chuianov was the Party secretary of Stalingrad, which was the equivalent of mayor of the city.
(Volgograd, 1979)
David Ortenberg
Год 1942: "The year 1942"
(Politizdat, 1988)
Ortenberg was the Editor in chief of the official army paper Red Star.
Aleksandr Samsonov
Сталинградская битва: "Battle of Stalingrad"
(Nauka, 1989)
Samsonov wrote the main academic study on the Soviet German War.
Heinrich von Einsiedel and Joachim Wieder
Stalingrad, Memories and Reassessments
(Cassell Military Paperbacks, 1993)
Written by two former officers in 6th Army which later became journalists. It includes extensive analysis on the respective individual responsibilities of Hitler, Paulus and Manstein during the encirclement
Antony Beevor
Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege
(Penguin Books, 1999)
Who doesn't know the number one best seller
Collective work
Сталинградская эпопея, материалы НКВД: "NKVD Material on Stalingrad"
(Zvonnitsa, 2000)
From Russian archives
Stephen Walsh
Stalingrad: The Infernal Cauldron
(Thomas Dunne Books, 2001)
A commented photo album
Geoffrey Roberts
Victory at Stalingrad, The Battle that changed History
(Longman Publishing, 2002)
A concise journalistic account
Collective work
Солдаты ХХ-го века: "XXth century Soldiers"
(Mezhdunarodnyj biograficheskij fond, 2003)
A relatively recent academic study, which gives an idea of how the events are described in modern Russian history, as opposed to how they were described in the Soviet period
Michael Jones
Stalingrad, How the Red Army Triumphed
(Pen and Sword Military, 2007)
A study based on veterans accounts, one of the first modern studies in English to use extensive Russian material and to offer a perspective from the defenders of the city
Aleksey Isaev
За Волгой для нас земли нет: "No land for us beyond the Volga"
(Eksmo, 2008)
Isaev is the leading Russian historian on the Soviet German War
Jean Lopez
Stalingrad, La bataille au bord du gouffre: "Stalingrad, the battle at the edge"
(Economica, 2008)
Lopez is the leading French writer on the Soviet German War
Jason Mark
Island of Fire: The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad
Angriff: The German Attack on Stalingrad In Photos
( Leaping Horseman Books, 2006 and 2009)
Mark is the leading English language specialist on Stalingrad
David Glantz
The Stalingrad Trilogy
(Press of Kansas, 2009)
Colonel Glantz has written the world's most authoritative work on the Soviet German War in general and on Stalingrad
Jason Turner
Stalingrad Day by Day
(Chartwell Books, 2012)
A chronological review
Wilhelm Adam
With Paulus at Stalingrad
(Pen & Sword Books, 2015)
Colonel Adam, senior adjutant to General Paulus, wrote his memoirs decades ago. But these were only available in German and Russian until this English editon recently published
Jochen Hellbeck
Stalingrad: The City that Defeated the Third Reich
(PublicAffairs, 2016)
A recent publication which reveals for the first time the work of a Soviet historical commission at the time of events in Stalingrad
Part I: 65-yearTimeline of non-fiction books on Stalingrad published between 1945 and 2020.
Russian, German, British, American, Australian and French authors.
See part II for fiction books.
The list is not exhaustive and concerns only those books reviewed by StalData.
Alexander Werth
The year of Stalingrad
(Hamish Hamilton, 1946)
A journalistic account of the events in Russia in 1942. A great classic.
Vasily Chuikov memoirs
Начало Пути: "The beginning of the Road"
(Military Editions of USSR Ministry of Defense, 1962)
Chuikov was 62nd Army's Commander of course.
Georgy Zhukov memoirs
Воспоминания и размышления: "Reminiscences and Reflections"
(Novosti, 1969)
I won't offend you by explaining who Zhukov was. Of course his book is not only about Stalingrad, but we might get a focus on what he wrote about this.
Heinz Schröter
Stalingrad
(Ballantine, 1970)
Heinz Schröter was a war correspondent attached to 6th Army. He wrote a unique and not widely known account of the events as seen from inside the Stalingrad cauldron.
Collective work
Битва за Сталинград: "The Battle for Stalingrad"
(Nizhne-Volzhskoe izdatelstvo, 1972)
A compilation of accounts
John Erickson
The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin's War with Germany
(Harper & Row, 1975)
One of the first extensive studies on the Soviet-German War in English, with a significant section on the fighting for Stalingrad
Collective
Сталинград, уроки истории: "Stalingrad, History's lessons"
(Progress, 1976)
Another compilation of accounts
Collective
Великая Отечественная война: "The Great Patriotic War"
(Knizhnoe izdatelstvo, 1978)
A commented photo album
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Дело всей жизни: "The Case of All My Life"
(Politizdat, 1978)
Vasilevsky was Chief of the General staff of the Red Army
Nikolay Krylov
Сталинградский рубеж: "The Stalingrad Frontier"
(Voenizdat, 1979)
Krylov was 62nd Army's Chief of staff
Aleksey Chuianov
Сталинградский дневник: "Stalingrad Chronicles". Chuianov was the Party secretary of Stalingrad, which was the equivalent of mayor of the city.
(Volgograd, 1979)
David Ortenberg
Год 1942: "The year 1942"
(Politizdat, 1988)
Ortenberg was the Editor in chief of the official army paper Red Star.
Aleksandr Samsonov
Сталинградская битва: "Battle of Stalingrad"
(Nauka, 1989)
Samsonov wrote the main academic study on the Soviet German War.
Heinrich von Einsiedel and Joachim Wieder
Stalingrad, Memories and Reassessments
(Cassell Military Paperbacks, 1993)
Written by two former officers in 6th Army which later became journalists. It includes extensive analysis on the respective individual responsibilities of Hitler, Paulus and Manstein during the encirclement
Antony Beevor
Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege
(Penguin Books, 1999)
Who doesn't know the number one best seller
Collective work
Сталинградская эпопея, материалы НКВД: "NKVD Material on Stalingrad"
(Zvonnitsa, 2000)
From Russian archives
Stephen Walsh
Stalingrad: The Infernal Cauldron
(Thomas Dunne Books, 2001)
A commented photo album
Geoffrey Roberts
Victory at Stalingrad, The Battle that changed History
(Longman Publishing, 2002)
A concise journalistic account
Collective work
Солдаты ХХ-го века: "XXth century Soldiers"
(Mezhdunarodnyj biograficheskij fond, 2003)
A relatively recent academic study, which gives an idea of how the events are described in modern Russian history, as opposed to how they were described in the Soviet period
Michael Jones
Stalingrad, How the Red Army Triumphed
(Pen and Sword Military, 2007)
A study based on veterans accounts, one of the first modern studies in English to use extensive Russian material and to offer a perspective from the defenders of the city
Aleksey Isaev
За Волгой для нас земли нет: "No land for us beyond the Volga"
(Eksmo, 2008)
Isaev is the leading Russian historian on the Soviet German War
Jean Lopez
Stalingrad, La bataille au bord du gouffre: "Stalingrad, the battle at the edge"
(Economica, 2008)
Lopez is the leading French writer on the Soviet German War
Jason Mark
Island of Fire: The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad
Angriff: The German Attack on Stalingrad In Photos
( Leaping Horseman Books, 2006 and 2009)
Mark is the leading English language specialist on Stalingrad
David Glantz
The Stalingrad Trilogy
(Press of Kansas, 2009)
Colonel Glantz has written the world's most authoritative work on the Soviet German War in general and on Stalingrad
Jason Turner
Stalingrad Day by Day
(Chartwell Books, 2012)
A chronological review
Wilhelm Adam
With Paulus at Stalingrad
(Pen & Sword Books, 2015)
Colonel Adam, senior adjutant to General Paulus, wrote his memoirs decades ago. But these were only available in German and Russian until this English editon recently published
Jochen Hellbeck
Stalingrad: The City that Defeated the Third Reich
(PublicAffairs, 2016)
A recent publication which reveals for the first time the work of a Soviet historical commission at the time of events in Stalingrad
