{"product_id":"breakout-at-stalingrad-by-heinrich-gerlach-9781786690630","title":"Breakout at Stalingrad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the greatest novels of the Second World War\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA remarkable find\u003c\/strong\u003e Antony Beevor. \u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStalingrad, November 1942. Lieutenant Breuer dreams of returning home for Christmas. But he and his fellow German soldiers will spend winter in a frozen hell – as snow, ice and relentless Soviet assaults reduce the once-mighty Sixth Army to a diseased and starving rabble. \u003ci\u003eBreakout at Stalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e is a stark and terrifying portrait of the horrors of war, and a profoundly humane depiction of comradeship in adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book itself has an extraordinary story behind it. Its author fought at Stalingrad and was imprisoned by the Soviets. In captivity, he wrote a novel based on his experiences, which the Soviets confiscated before releasing him. Gerlach resorted to hypnosis to remember his narrative, and in 1957 it was published as \u003ci\u003eThe Forsaken Army\u003c\/i\u003e. Fifty-five years later, Carsten Gansel, an academic, came across the original manuscript of Gerlach's novel in a Moscow archive. This first translation into English of \u003ci\u003eBreakout at Stalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e includes the story of Gansel's sensational discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595864391916,"sku":"9781786690630","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6cd0dd837fa811ed89576bc628681e41.jpg?v=1777937215","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/breakout-at-stalingrad-by-heinrich-gerlach-9781786690630","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}