Stalingrad, a war of rats - part 1
Documentary about the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the most iconic battles in history.
The fighting was unheard of ferocity even by the standards of the time, they fought house to house, for every room for every flight of stairs.
This documentary aims to analyze those events both from a tactical and operational point of view and with testimonies from the people involved in the battle. This is the first of two installments.
The sources used for this documentary:
Stalingrad Antony Beevor
Wehrmacht final collapse Robert M. Citino
The Red Army's Great Patriotic War David M. Glantz
Death of an Army Peter Antill
Russia at war Alexander Werth
The end of the Third Reich Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov
The Betrayed Army Heirich Gerlach
Chapters
3:16 Introduction
3:48 The origins
8:49 Blau I
11:42 Blau II
16:22 Stalingrad
19:33 1st assault
22:46 2nd assault
27:06 3rd assault