Who intended to write an epic poem 12 books long?

is this a multiple choice question? if so, could i see the answers to give you the right one!

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.