He is considered the preeminent historian on stalingrad the brutal wwii battle that changed the course of world history. Death and the kings horseman is a classical tragedy, with a distinct dramatic event that triggers the plot. As i said above i have only just ordered the book today, but from what i have seen on the website i had no hesitation in doing so stalingrad being the area which first piqued my interest in the eastern front. It was published by stackpole books and has a total of 560 pages in the book. Published in rapid succession in the middle 1930s, these two books shocked european literatue and world consciousness. The title of this book is death of the leaping horseman and it was written by jason d. This fourth, pale horse, was the personification of death with hades following him jaws open receiving the victims slain by death. Certainly there had to be some records from survivors that could give some insight into the last days of the division. The only issue i had with it was it was a little too. Mark revised edition of a rare account of a german armored division in combat at the epic battle of stalingrad. This book is the story of the last six months of the storied 24th panzer division whose emblem, the leaping horseman, was representative of its roots as the 1 st kavallerie division. The 24th panzer division was one of the many german units that got caught up in the catastrophic battle of stalingrad, effectively being destroyed in the ruins of the city.
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