Stalingrad has a certain aura about it that revolves around sacrfice, heavy street fighting, the 6th army facing its doom in a shattered city....
For the whole North African campaign the Germans only suffered 7783 dead. Wow, much lower than Wiki quotes and what I thought.
When you say outside the circle, that is out of the city right ?
Voronenzh is nearly 600 kilometres away from Stalingrad, so that would be start of the campaign rather than the battle. You seem pretty...
Im not sure im reading this right but your saying of only were actually dead ? Thats alot to go "missing" Interesting, I thought the whole...
The first time i watched BoB i was hooked, yet its been 2 years and i Havent bothered with the pacific, might pick it up on Blu Ray.
750,000 dead for the Soviets. 1.1 Million dead German losses: 147,000 dead + 91,000 POWs Soviet losses: 478,741 k + 651,000 wd. = 1,129,741...
So going by wikipedia the fight for the city cost 310,000 dead + 90,000 POW for the German side whilst the Russians lost 480,000 dead, correct ?...
[COLOR=#333333] Could you elaborate please. *LRusso was just about to reply to your link, but its not atm.*
How accurate is wikipedia in regards the the casualties suffered at Stalingrad ? Its a question Ive been meaning to ask for a while. What is the...
What were these crimes that went unpunished ?
@ Volga you are comparing humans to animals.
Where do the AUssies on here buy their books from. Im thinking more Eastern front titles ?
Why not use English speaking German actors.
Have you guys seen Starship Troopers, its a cool cheesy B grade movie. The Forgotten Soldier I have a feeling would be utter shite.
Ive got surviving Treblinka by Samuel Willenberg. Has any one read it ? Im a bit skeptical on some holocaust-esque books due to the fabrication...
Great topic. I watched a little doco about how Stalingrad wasnt completely flattened & it was partly to do with the reinforcing steel in the...
Although not Toxiz, its no doubt a girl.
Weve all heard about houses being haunted by an individual who sufferd a brutal death, commited suicide, small girl drowned in a lake etc etc, but...
Hey what was the average age of the pacific soldier. It seems Spielberg is going to have a seemingly oldish cast.