Christmas at Stalingrad

An excerpt from [b:Stalingrad 309376 Stalingrad Antony Beevor https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387706486s/309376.jpg 42137], this portion taking place around Christmas 1942, when the German 6th Army was surrounded by the Russians and facing annihilation. It is a moving and sad book, demonstrating the futility of war the arrogant refusal to back down of both Hitler and Stalin.The writing is packed with facts, figures, names and quotations. I don't mind admitting to being way outside of my sphere of knowledge, so a lot of it I found a bit confusing with the 16th Panza Division going here, the 57th army going there, the 96th Rifle Division doing this, the Hessian 389th Infantry Division reporting that! I am sure for a person knowledgeable in WW2 history it all reads very easily, but with all that, and all the Russian and German names of the senior officers it all made for lots of referring back!For me 3 stars, but for others probably more.