Stalingrad is a 2013 Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. "Stalingrad" is an epic look at the battle that turned the tide of World War II. A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there. The scale of the battle contrasts dramatically with the human drama of the Russian soldiers, the few remaining civilians and thei

Stalingrad from the German Perspective The Hell of the Sixth Army The Battle of Stalingrad remains one of the most significant and devastating clashes of World War II, seen by many as the turning point of the Eastern Front. From the German perspective, the battle began with high hopes of a swift and decisive victory. Hitler’s ambitions to seize the city, which bore Stalin’s name, were driven by both strategic and symbolic motivations. However, as the Sixth Army advanced into Stalingrad, it encou