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Stalingrad

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Theodor Plievier's novel Stalingrad (1945) is a significant work of war literature that details the devastating defeat of the German Sixth Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. This battle, a turning point in World War II, saw brutal street fighting and culminated in the encirclement and surrender of German forces. Plievier, a German war novelist, was among the first writers to examine Germany's role in the war and assess national guilt. His novel became an international bestseller and was the first volume in a trilogy that also included Moscow and Berlin.12

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