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Feb 2, 2018 · The Stalingrad Museum in present-day Volgograd also plays a role in Putin's narrative. It is one of Russia's most visited institutions. Now, it is the site where ceremonies for the families of ...
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- Christoph Hasselbach
Nov 15, 2017 · Since the war, the city has been completely rebuilt, and in 1961 was renamed Volgograd, an effort to erase Stalin’s legacy. But memories of the fighting, 75 years ago this year, are strong ...
Jan 21, 1993 · Stalingrad: Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. With Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph. The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.
NARRATOR: Day after day, the German bombers attack. The city looks increasingly like a wasteland. In mid-September 1942, German soldiers enter Stalingrad. Many believe the enemy is almost defeated, that it's only a matter of crushing the last pockets of resistance. But the Soviet dictator is determined. The city will not be taken.
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Overview of the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43). The German 4th Panzer Army, after being diverted to the south to help Kleist’s attack on Rostov late in July 1942 ( see above The Germans’ summer offensive in southern Russia, 1942 ), was redirected toward Stalingrad a fortnight later. Stalingrad was a large industrial city producing ...
Eastern Front - Stalingrad: the turning point in the East (July 17, 1942–February 2, 1943): The German command might have captured Stalingrad with little difficulty at the end of July if it had not overestimated the capacity of the Russians to hold Rostov and the lower Don. The Fourth Panzer Army was temporarily diverted southward to help the First, which, in fact, needed no such help. When ...
Why was Stalingrad so important to Hitler? Maybe, the thing was the importance of a Stalingrad river - the Volga, maybe, because the city was named in honor of his main rival - Stalin, and maybe because Stalingrad was an industrial city with an abundance of military production plans for the USSR (metal, tanks, artillery cannons, shelling etc.).
