A friend recommended this after I read Jonathan Dimbleby’s ‘Stalingrad’
I did not know of Gerlach’s history or this book previously.
The English shorter version - what a terrific and terrifying read!
Required reading for anyone interested in the Eastern front, the Wermacht at war and the everyday experiences of ordinary soldiery under siege in the snow.
It rattles along at pace - a real page-turner - but, oh, the humanity..
