By Jones Michael
ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° Β«Total War: From Stalingrad to BerlinΒ» ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ²ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΈΡΡ Ρ ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ°Π»Ρ 1943 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΠΎΠΉΡΠΊΠ° Π²Π·ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π‘ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠ°Π΄, Π΄ΠΎ ΠΌΠ°Ρ 1945 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π²ΠΎΡΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΠΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΈΠ½ ΠΈ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ³Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΈΠΌ ΠΠΈΡΠ»Π΅ΡΠ°. Π ΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ β ΡΡΠ΄ΡΠ±Ρ Π±ΠΎΠΉΡΠΎΠ² ΠΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΡΠΌΠΈΠΈ, ΠΎΡΠ²ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π°Π²ΡΠΈΡ Π ΠΎΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΈ Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΠΈΠ½Ρ ΠΎΡ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π·Π°Ρ Π²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ² ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΈΠ³Π°Π²ΡΠΈΡ ΡΡ Π² ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΄ΡΠ΅ Π Π΅ΠΉΡ Π°. ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡ, ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΈΡΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠΌΠΈ, Π²ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ Π₯ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΊΠΎΡΡ, Π³Π΅Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΠ΄ ΠΈ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π²ΠΎΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΏΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ , Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΡΠ°ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΡΠΌΠΈΡ, Π·Π°ΠΊΠ°Π»Π΅Π½Π½Π°Ρ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΌΡΡΠΈΠ»Π° Π½Π΅ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ Π³ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Π°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ. ΠΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π½Ρ ΠΎΡΠΊΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΎ Π·Π²Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²Π°Ρ , ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΈΡ Π°ΡΠΌΠΈΠ΅ΠΉ, Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ Π±ΠΎΡΡΠ±Ρ Π·Π° ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π΅Π½Π°Π²ΠΈΡΡΠΈ. ΠΡΠ° ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°Ρ ΠΈ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ, Ρ ΠΎΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΎΠΌΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½Π° ΡΡΠ°Π³ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ, ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ Π·Π°Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Ρ Π² ΠΠ²ΡΠΎΠΏΠ΅.
Total War: From Stalingrad to Berlin chronicles the events from February 1943, when the Red Army captured Stalingrad, to May 1945, when they stormed Berlin and brought down Hitler's regime. The narrative centers on the experiences of soldiers in the Red Army as they liberated Russia and Ukraine from the Nazi invaders and fought their way into the heart of the Reich. The book reveals the horrors they endured, including the Holocaust, genocide, and the mass murder of Soviet POWs, and depicts the Red Army, brutalized by war, exacting terrible revenge on the German civilian population. For the first time, Russian veterans candidly discuss atrocities committed by their own army, while also describing their struggle to rise from the depths of hatred. This story of sacrifice and redemption, though marred by tragic events, is a significant chapter in the conclusion of World War II in Europe.