Stalingrad. It’s a name we’ve all heard before. It’s a showdown between two totalitarian systems and a battle that sent millions of people to the grave. Can you even imagine millions upon millions of men at war? Think about it. In our show today, this tragedy will take place in your ear drums, will desecrate your speakers. It’s beyond entertainment, though it is that. It’s beyond history, but it’s that too. And before you listen, know, there are no words in human language to describe the tragedy of this show – the limitless suffering. All I can say is thank you for joining us for another episode. Thank you for taking the time to listen and to hear about the darkest corners of human capacity. Solzhenitsyn said, “The line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” Press play and I will take you over the line and show you the evil side in your heart, and my heart, and all of our hearts. It’s all for free and it’s all on Battlecast – the world’s foremost podcast about war and its sociopolitical impact.
The drink this episode is Green Mark Vodka – 4 bullets out of 5.
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References:
Enemy at the Gates by William Craig
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II by Stephen G. Fritz
The West Point Military Atlas of Modern War edited by Thomas E. Griess
The West Point Military History of The Second World War edited by Thomas E. Griess
The Second World War by John Keegan
Diary of a German Soldier by William Hoffman
A Soviet Veteran Recalls by Anton Kuzmich Dragan
Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the Operation to Rescue 6th Army by Hans Wijers
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer
Stalin: A Political Biography by Isaac Deutscher
Hitler by John Toland
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Atlas of the Second World by John Keegan
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