Stalingrad

Name: Stalingrad
Released: 2003-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · History · War & Military

The story of the Battle of Stalingrad, the turning point in World War II, is told, beginning with the initial attack and ending with the repatriation of the battle's survivors.

2003 · 53m

Director Guido Knopp

EPISODE 1

The Attack

Tracing the battle for Stalingrad, which proved to be the turning point for the Allies on the eastern front during the Second World War.
EPISODE 2

The Kessel

More than one million soldiers of the Red Army await the command to fight the German Sixth Army. The Soviet troops surround the Germans, who quickly run out of supplies.
EPISODE 3

The Doom

The Germans, offered the opportunity to surrender, receive orders forbidding them to negotiate. It is not until years after the war has ended that the prisoners are returned home.