I read Beevor’s “Stalingrad” a few years ago. I enjoyed it.
For both sides, I can’t even imagine how horrifying the entire siege must have been - the hunger, the pain, the cold, etc.
A Bump To the Top and a complete agreement. I get the same feeling reading Civil War literature - there you are with a muzzle-loader and a bayonet and you're going to charge a prepared position with cannon. And by God they did. And a wound cost you a limb and sometimes you were luckier to die on the spot. We are heirs to that courage and if we are honest, humble and grateful that we are not put to that test.