The Stalin Front: A Novel of World War II (New York Review Books Classics)

1942, at the Eastern Front. Soldiers crouch in horrible holes in the ground, mingling with corpses. Tunneled beneath a radio mast, German soldiers await the order to blow themselves up. Russian tanks, struggling to break through enemy lines, bog down in a swamp, while a German runner, bearing messages from headquarters to the front, scrambles desperately from shelter to shelter as he tries to avoid getting caught in the action. Through it all, Russian artillery--the crude but devastatingly effective multiple rocket launcher known to the Germans as the Stalin Organ and to the Russians as Katyusha--rains death upon the struggling troops. Comparable to such masterpieces of war literature as Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel and Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front , The Stalin Front is a harrowing, almost photographic, description of violence and devastation, one that brings home the unforgiving reality of total war. 1942, at the Eastern Front. Soldiers crouch in horrible holes in the ground, mingling with corpses. Tunneled beneath a radio mast, German soldiers await the order to blow themselves up. Russian tanks, struggling to break through enemy lines, bog down in a swamp, while a German runner, bearing messages from headquarters to the front, scrambles desperately from shelter to shelter as he tries to avoid getting caught up in the action. Through it all, Russian artillerythe crude but devastatingly effective multiple rocket launcher known to the Germans as the Stalin Organ and to the Russians as Katyusharains death upon the struggling troops. Comparable to such masterpieces of war literature as Ernst Jnger's Storm of Steel and Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front , The Stalin Front is a harrowing, almost photographic, description of violence and devastation, one that brings home the unforgiving reality of total war. It's 1942, At The Eastern Front. Soldiers Crouch In Horrible Holes In The Ground, Mingling With Corpses. Tunneled Beneath A Radio Mast, German Soldiers Await The Order To Blow Themselves Up. Russian Tanks, Struggling To Break Through Enemy Lines, Bog Down In A Swamp, While A German Runner, Bearing Messages From Headquarters To The Front, Scrambles Desperately From Shelter To Shelter As He Tries To Avoid Getting Caught In The Action. Through It All, Russian Artillery - The Crude But Devastatingly Effective Multiple Rocket Launcher Known To The Germans As The Stalin Organ And To The Russians As Katyusha - Rains Death Upon The Struggling Troops.--jacket. Gert Ledig ; Translated And With An Introduction By Michael Hofmann. First Published In Germany As Die Stalinorgel By Claassen Verlag, Hamburg, 1955. -- T.p. Verso. The Lance-Corporal couldn't turn in his grave, because he didn't have one.