4 real historical locations · Russia
A 2013 Russian blockbuster depicting the Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective, following soldiers defending a ruined building and the civilians they protect. Made in 3D on the 70th anniversary of the German surrender.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Russia.
The 2013 German-Russian co-production depicts the Battle of Stalingrad through a German platoon holding one factory building across the brutal urban combat o...
The Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 – February 1943) was the turning point of the Eastern Front. Over 800,000 Axis casualties and 1.1 million Soviet casualties made it the bloodiest battle in human history. Germany'...
View location →The highest hill in Stalingrad changes hands repeatedly in some of the most brutal close-quarters fighting of the war. The German platoon clings to contested...
Mamayev Kurgan was fought over continuously from September 1942 to January 1943. So many shells fell that the hill glowed orange at night. Today it holds the massive Soviet war memorial Rodina Mat.
View location →The factory district where every building becomes a fortress. The German platoon fights room by room through the industrial ruins, each advance measured in m...
The factory district — Red October, Barrikady, and Tractor Plant — became grinding urban battlefields. Soviet defenders used the factory floors as their own firing positions against German attackers.
View location →Operation Uranus closes the trap. Soviet armour sweeps through the Romanian flanks and links up at Kalach-on-Don, encircling 300,000 men of the Sixth Army. T...
On 23 November 1942 Soviet forces completed the encirclement of Paulus's Sixth Army at Kalach. Hitler forbade retreat. The surrender on 2 February 1943 shocked Germany and the world.
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