World At War: Stalingrad 2 of 5

Great use of sound effects and a minimalist narrative that really gives one the sense of how awful the battle was. A great series.

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but the red army utilized unconventional methods that required incredible bravery and risk.

it's easy to see why the germans would think of them as devils or fanatics. They had never seen that kind of determination before.

keep in mind the russians were still losing ground right up until the winter started.
So they can't really comprehend why they just didn't surender when the Germans had control of most of the city.

Enemy At The Gate film used this as the backdrop to the film.

Truly horrific and shows what the troops and civilians endured

Fascinating to watch all these vids--Thanks

Russian soldiers fighting were not fanatics. They were the first army to ever put much of a fight against Germany armies that were so used to easy victories against the Poles, French and Greeks.

Actually, he was. He dropped the "von" after he went over to the Soviets and started making propaganda for them.

Very interesting footage-Thanks for uploading !

Hitler should have left the fighting to the generals. However, he thought himself better than them, insisting he was the only one with experience. The Allis actually made plans to assassinate Hitler, but realized that whoever replaced him would actually do a better job.

the defeat of germany started here..hilter didnot listen to general heldl...hilter lost it after stalingrad

Paulus was not a "von" as the narrator keeps saying.

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