Island of Fire: The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780811719919)

Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. For four winter months during the battle, German and Soviet forces fought over a single factory inside the city of Stalingrad. Lavishly illustrated with photos and maps, Island of Fire presents a day-by-day--at times hour-by-hour--chronicle of that pitiless struggle as seen by both sides. The book is unparalleled and exhaustive in its research, meticulous in its reconstruction of the action, and vivid in its retelling of the street-by-street, hand-to-hand fighting near the gun factory.

Author: Jason D. Mark
ISBN-10: 081171991X
ISBN-13: 9780811719919
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2018
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.20lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.20w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/16/2018