Enemy At The Gates

Horrific account of the battle of stalingrad

Quite a few books on the subject , several of which are distressing to read

Accounts of young soldiers on both sides literally freezing to death , cannibalism , torture , really graphic

What those young men went through was unbelievable, all because of mad ideology

There are some books out there on the horrors inflicted on people of German descent living in the formerly nazi occupied Eastern lands by partisans as the war ended . Nasty stuff.

And of course the rape and massacre of Eastern Europe by the advancing red army isn't pleasant bedtime reading either