Unlike the movie, which was only about Vasily Zaitsev, the book describes the whole campaign. Lots of really great individual accounts give a real sense of what both sides had to endure.
When I read about Stalingrad and Dunkirk I start to think we should have given Herman Goering a medal at Nuremberg, and then had a trial.
Yeah, but which one and from which of the Allies? The only one that I can think of from the USofA is the "Legion of Merit" and "Fat Hermann" would demand the Commander rank at a minimum.
I wonder if Reichsmarschall Goering was an inspiration for the "Peter Principal"? He certainly exemplified it.
I loved that movie and it was amazing how it turned into not just a battle between two men, but between two nations.
The novel “War of the Rats” was also about Zaitsev; the final sniper duel in the novel is infinitely better than the “Enemy at the Gates” movie.