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Iain MacGregor will be returning to Dulwich in November to discuss his new book The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII’s Greatest Battle on Thursday 10th November at 7.30pm at Alleyn's School.


The Lighthouse of Stalingrad is an enthralling, insightful look into the most decisive battle of the Second World War, shedding new light on the heroic work of those who fought and died as we mark the 80th anniversary of the famous Soviet counterattack at Stalingrad – Operation Uranus, the turning point in the war.


The foundation of the Soviet’s victory during the war was laid during the battle for the city of Stalingrad, resting on the banks of the river Volga. Within this life-and-death struggle for the heart of the city and situated on the frontline was a key strategic building, codenamed: ‘The Lighthouse’.


The Lighthouse of Stalingrad sheds new light on this iconic battle through the prism of the two units who fought for the very heart of the city itself. Iain MacGregor traveled to both German and Russian archives (now likely inaccessible to Western historians for years to come) to unearth previously unpublished testimonies by soldiers on both sides of the conflict.


“MacGregor writes with great fluency and narrative drive, and his account of the context to the battle and the complexity of its fraught swings of fortune and misfortune is compellingly terse.” William Boyd


Iain MacGregor is the author of the acclaimed oral history of Cold War Berlin: Checkpoint Charlie and his writing has appeared in the Guardian, Spectator and BBC History. He has published books on every aspect of the Second World War on the Eastern Front 1941-45 and has visited archives in Leningrad, Moscow, and Volgograd. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.


Tickets are £10 and available from our website: https://bit.ly/3AqZr9w

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