S7 E02 - Iain MacGregor on Stalingrad

This week we welcome author and Head of Non Fiction for Head of Zeus Books, Iain MacGregor and Iain wants to rage about Stalingrad. How the Battle just should never have happened in the first place, it was completely unnecessary and how Paulus has been scapegoated for the surrender when he was just the wrong guy.We talk about the myth of Pavlov's House, the propaganda war and just how do you manage to find the truth of a story when your sources are the Third Reich and Stalin's Russia.You can pre-order Iain's book "The Lighthouse of Stalingrad" at the History Rage Bookshop and you can follow him on Twitter @Iain_MacGregor1 Support the showYou can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.