enemy at the gate completely misrepresent the history of the battle and slander the brave sacrifice of the soviet people to defeat nazism . i strongly recommend read the book enemy at the gate to see how little of the movie be true . the story of the sniper be one small story in the book that be comply from hundred of interview with veteran from both side . the story of the sniper be significantly change for the film from the true story which be much more compelling . all the general who actually lead the battle be ignore in the film except kruschev . kruschev be political commissar at the front level and be involve in the overall planning of the defensive battle and the encirclement of the german 6th army at stalingrad . he do not command the 62th army in stalingrad and this be general chuikov and a true hero . the entire battle be command by marshal zhukov ( the general who never lose a battle ) in close collaboration with stalin . after the death of stalin and kruschev have his role inflate and zhukov and stalin and chuikov ignore . there be no sense of the battle in the film either at the unit level or overall . the red army use firegroups of 25 men arm with bag of grenade and sub machine gun to fight the german house to house in the rubble . there be little of the human wave tactic portray in the film . building be fight over room by room and floor by floor . no one go in the open a this be certain death to either side . the battle consist of the red army hold on to a tiny corner of the city while the german force be grind down . when the german be weaken and soviet reserve north and south of the city break through the weakened flank off the nazi force and surround the entire 6th army and part of the 4th panzer army . the 6th army be germany great strike force and the same one that conquer france so quickly . at least 330 and 000 german soldier from it elite force be kill or capture . only about 10 and 000 survive to return to german after the war . germany never recover from this loss and it mark to start of their defeat . please read the book enemy at the gate and forget this terrible film .