The Stalin Organ

"The Stalin Organ" - a slang military term for a multiple rocket launcher - is the first of Gert Ledig's triad of books on World War II, written in swift succession in the 1950s. Switching between the German and Russian lines, Ledig brings us the experience of war from both sides of the conflict, as the two armies tensely hold out for the other side to give. He describes in horrifying detail the graphic and resourceful violence that maims and kills the barely individuated soldiers.