The most tragic battle in human history - the Battle of Stalingrad

Albina 2022-04-22 07:01:05

The average survival time of a recruit entering Stalingrad is no more than 24 hours, and the average survival time of an officer entering Stalingrad is no more than 3 days.

I didn't expect that the film is more than 80% real: the Soviet army did have a very good sniper, and the German army did transfer a major, the principal of the sniper school, and the two faced off, and the major was killed. .

The ground in Stalingrad was smoking - artillery shelling, buildings burning, and the asphalt starting to melt.

It is said to go through fire and water. This is true in Stalingrad. Entering Stalingrad from the other side of the Volga River, what you see is a scene like hell.

As for Leningrad, during the five-month siege, 1.5 million inhabitants starved to death, each with a daily quota of 25 grams of bread, 4,000 people starved to death when there was less, and 70,000 when there was more.

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Enemy at the Gates quotes

  • Vassili Zaitsev: On this day, September 20th 1942, a young shepherd boy from the Urals arrived in the city of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. His name is Vassilij Zaitzev. Like thousands before him he came to answer comrade Stalin's call. Armed only with a rifle, he quickly made the fascist invader realise that from now on he would be punished for every step he took in the motherland, that from here on the only way was back.

  • Vassili Zaitsev: Shouldn't we try and make the point that I'm not the only one fighting?

    Commisar Danilov: That's an excellent idea. We can take it even further though. Your battle for the production of coal is as worthy as mine. There's no 'k' in coal. Just one 'l'. Tell me if I'm going too fast.

    Vassili Zaitsev: No, you're not going too fast. Is there any other improvements?

    Mother Filipov: Why don't you get some rest? These letters can wait until tomorrow.

    Vassili Zaitsev: We should carry on. We're not tired. Thank you, Mrs. Filipov. These people took the trouble to write to us. Tomorrow we might not be around to write back.