Too often the visual aspect of the Stalingrad battle is portrayed using the
same well-known images, and while most are no doubt stunning, their repeated use
with incorrect or misleading captions adds nothing new to the record. Angriff:
the German Attack on Stalingrad in Photographs aims to rectify that. A rich
cache of spectacular images is spread throughout collections across the globe.
The photographs used in this book have been gathered from a multitude of
sources: military archives, photograph libraries, museums, but most of all from
private collections. The content of photographs from these collections often
portray the battle from the perspective of an individual soldier. Some of these
photographs certainly depict the stark reality of war but not every soldier saw
action on the front-line. When all these private photographs are combined,
however, they form a montage and provide an insight into the lives of 6. Armee?s
soldiers. Furthermoure, they often show periods of the battle that never fell
within the viewfinder of a professional photographer. Every photograph including
each famous image has been painstakingly researched so that it is paired with a
meaningful and accurate caption. In most cases, the location of the photograph
has been pinpointed, as has the date and unit depicted. This has enabled it to
be placed in its correct historical, chronological and geographical context.
While this process has cast a light on previously vague aspects of the battle,
it has also debunked captions to many familiar images. If you want to see what
Stalingrad was like from the German perspective, this book is for you.
NB this is very expensive as air mail from the publisher in Australia is
outrageous!
