'Aussie Rick'’s Reviews > The Stalingrad Cauldron: Inside the Encirclement and Destruction of the 6th Army > Status Update

How is this book so far rick?

Hi Adrian, some of the chapters have been great, the war diaries for the 16th Panzer Division and the 94th Infantry Division have been very interesting. The chapter on the 76th Berlin-Brandenburg Infantry Division was also interesting but I felt not as enjoyable as the previous two chapters. I am currently on the chapter covering German and Soviet snipers, very good so far.

Cant seem to be able to buy this book in the uk at the moment,but when I can I will snap it up with both hands.

p.s im reading a good book at the moment about Stalingrad called Winter Storm.

Hi Adrian,

Here is a list of the chapters in the book so you can judge for yourself if its worth getting a copy:

1. The Battle of Stalingrad in Post-Cold War Perspective

2. 16th Panzer Division inside Fortress Stalingrad

3. "And There Are No Pages That tell of These Heroic Deeds": 94th Infantry Division

4. Eternal Glory: The End of 75th Berlin-Brandenburg Infantry Division

5. K-98 vs. Mosin M 1891/1930: German and Soviet Snipers at Stalingrad and on the Eastern Front

6. German Recruitment of Soviet National Minorities, Deserters and Prisoners on the Eastern Front and in Stalingrad

7. Behind the German and Soviet Lines: Espionage and Counterespionage at Stalingrad

8. The Aftermath of Defeat: German Prisoner of War in the Soviet Camps

9. Return from the house of the Dead: The Arrest, Interrogation, and Repatriation of Oberst Boje (44th Infantry Division)

10. Reconciliation

Appendix A: Finnish Experience in the Training of Snipers

Appendix B: Translation of Chapter 18 ("The Duel") of Vasili Zaitsev's Memoir

plus another four appendix's


Each chapter can be read by itself as they are all stand alone chapters and not really connected to a continuous narrative.