Battle of Stalingrad in popular culture

The Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943), a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, often regarded as the single largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare,[1] and one of the most decisive battles of World War II,[2] has inspired a number of media works.

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Documentary films

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  • Stalingrad (1943), a Soviet film shot during the battle
  • The Great Battle on the Volga (Velikaya bitva na Volge), using archive footage taken by 150 Soviet cameramen during the battle, released in 1962[citation needed]
  • "Stalingrad". The World at War. (June 1942 – February 1943)[3]

Cinematic films

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Games

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Board games

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Video games

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Literature

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Fiction

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Non-fiction

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  • Michael K. Jones - Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed. Pen & Sword Military, 19 April 2007
  • Antony Beevor - Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. New York: Viking, 1998. An overall perspective of the battle. Noted for its extensive use of first-hand accounts.
  • Viktor Nekrasov - In trenches of Stalingrad (Виктор Некрасов "В окопах Сталинграда")
  • Last Letters from Stalingrad (German: Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad), an anthology of letters from German soldiers who took part in the Battle for Stalingrad during World War II. Originally published in West Germany in 1950, the book was translated into many languages (into English by Anthony G. Powell in 1956), and has been issued in numerous editions.
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (1995), When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 0-7006-0899-0
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2009), To the Gates of Stalingrad – Soviet-German combat operations April to August 1942, (Kansas UP) ISBN 978-0-7006-1630-5
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2009), Armageddon in Stalingrad – September to November 1942, (Kansas UP), ISBN 978-0-7006-1664-0
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2014), Endgame at Stalingrad - Book One: November 1942, (Kansas UP), ISBN 978-0700619542
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2014), Endgame at Stalingrad - Book Two: December 1942 - January 1943, (Kansas UP), ISBN 978-0700619559
  • Glantz, David (2011), 'After Stalingrad: The Red Army's Winter Offensive 1942–1943', Helion and Company, ISBN 978-1-907677-05-2

Poetry

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Concert music

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In 2005, the Swedish Heavy Metal Band Sabaton (band) wrote a song titled “Stalingrad” which featured on their Primo Victoria album about the battle

Stage productions

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  • The play Stalingrad 1942[9] was presented by Theatre Formation Paribartak of India in 2006[10]

Medal art

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  • 1985 table medal issued for the 40th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The obverse of the medal depicts a battle scene in Stalingrad with the fire-rescue boat Gasitel in the foreground and burning Stalingrad in the background. On the reverse of the medal there is the inscription "40 years of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War". The medal was made by casting zinc alloy. It has a diameter of 98 mm and a weight of 450 g.

Legends

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  • Curse of Timur - an Uzbek legend that the victory in the battle was due to the reburial of Timur

References

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  1. ^ Luhn, Alec (8 June 2014). "Stalingrad name may return to city in wave of second world war patriotism". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ^ Taylor, A.J.P. (1998). The Second World War and its Aftermath, Volume IV. Folio Society. p. 142.
  3. ^ Thames Television (1974-01-02), 9. "Stalingrad (June 1942 – February 1943)", retrieved 2023-09-09
  4. ^ Why gaming's latest take on war is so offensive to Russians. Polygon (2013-07-25). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
  5. ^ Company of Heroes 2 sales stopped in Russia. PCGamesN (2013-08-06). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
  6. ^ "Last Letters from Stalingrad". American Composers Alliance.
  7. ^ "Notes for Elias Tenenbaum - Last Letters from Stalingrad]". Anthology of Recorded Music.
  8. ^ "Letzte briefe aus Stalingrad". NatureLand. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  9. ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  10. ^ https://www.webcitation.org/5knv4nq1e?url=http://www.geocities.com/paribartakss/TFP/index.html [bare URL]