Tommy’s Reviews > Stalingrad > Status Update

“In his numbed, slave’s heart the Nazi general could sense the power of the man who had elevated him to these terrible heights …
To the fascist pilots defying Soviet flak and soaring over this cauldron of smoke and flame, these hours appeared to signal the fulfillment of Hitler’s promise: German violence would triumph over the world … But this was not so.”

Finished part 1. This book and its sequel are so grand in scope that 400 pages into the combined 1800+ pages and the battle hasn’t even commenced yet it’s crazy