Here are images from the Battle of Stalingrad in the early stages when the Germans were sure of eventual victory and the Russians were fighting desperately to maintain their tenuous foothold.
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| German soldiers watch as Soviet positions are bombarded. 1942 (Apiimages) |
VIDEO: GERMAN NEWSREEL SEPTEMBER 1942: LUFTWAFFE BOMBING STALINGRAD
VIDEO: GERMAN NEWSREEL, OCTOBER 1942: STALINGRAD
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| An eerie sight. A cemetery for German soldiers in the Stalingrad area |
VIDEO: GERMAN NEWSREEL NOVEMBER 1942 : STALINGRAD
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| No. This is not a scene from the Hollywood film, "Enemy At The Gates." This is Stalingrad in 1942. The Russians are ferrying men and supplies into the city by boat over the Volga. The Luftwaffe bombers are hammering them. Crossing the river was very hazardous. |
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| As the German Sixth Army moved in, Richthofen's boys of the Luftwaffe pulverised Stalingrad into bits. Later that bombing went against the Germans, as the Russians used the ruins to fight a city guerrilla warfare for which the Germans were not prepared. |
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| German soldiers after the surrender on February 2, 1943. |
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| This is what a once bustling city was reduced to by the Battle of Stalingrad. |
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| Russians crossing the River Volga as the German planes hunt them. |
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| Graves of dead German soldiers in Stalingrad |
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| Stalingrad, autumn 1942. German soldiers besides a Russian T-34 tank (Bundesarchiv) |
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| German soldiers bring a Pak-38 anti-tank gun to the battle-field |
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| Men of the German Sixth Army on the way to Stalingrad |
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| German soldiers walk on the streets of Stalingrad (bpkgate.picturemaxx.com) |
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| Germans fire a Pak-38 anti-tank gun (ullsteinbild.de) |
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| A German soldier on the eastern bank of the Don with a MG-34 machine gun during the attack on Stalingrad. (Stalingrad - Eine Chronik in Bildern) |
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| German soldiers drink water in Stalingrad (Stalingrad - Eine Chronik in Bildern) |
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| A German Panzer 4 tank in an attack position (bpkgate.picturemaxx.com) |
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| German soldiers pose with a destroyed Soviet T-26 tank with a dead Russian soldier |
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| German tanks at Stalingrad. September 1942 |
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| Stalingrad 1942. Soviet soldiers capture a German sniper. The poor guy is in a bad shape. Stalingrad was a rough place to be in. |
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| German soldiers of the 389th Infantry Division at the :Red October" factory |
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| August 1942. Stalingrad burns after the furious bombing by Richthofen's Luftwaffe. In the foreground is the famous "Children dance" fountain Notice the balloons in the sky to thwart the Luftwaffe bombers |
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| A German officer briefs his men from the 389th infantry division before a mission |
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| A German officer with a Soviet PPSh-41 sub-machine gun |
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| Long before the tragedy. Soviet soldiers captured by the Germans in Stalingrad. |
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| Nikita Khrushchev, member of the Military Council with Soviet commanders in Stalingrad |
German soldiers with a MG 34 machine gun ready to assault a Soviet position in Stalingrad
German fighters on way to Stalingrad
Alexander Rodimtsev, a top Soviet commander in Stalingrad
Benno Wundshammer, the famous German journalist and photographer with German officers at Stalingrad
"Problem is not many people have seen it"
TRAILER OF "STALINGRAD"