Battle of Stalingrad on Soviet records, over 10,000 German soldiers continued to resist in isolated groups within the city for the next month. Some have presumed that they were motivated by a belief that fighting on was better than a slow death in Soviet captivity. Brown University historian Omer Bartov claims they were motivated by National Socialism. He studied 11,237 letters sent by soldiers inside of Stalingrad between 20 December 1942 and 16 January 1943 to their families in Germany. Almost every letter expressed belief in Germany's ultimate victory and their willingness to fight and die at Stalingrad to achieve that victory. Bartov
Stalingrad (Paris Métro) Stalingrad (Paris Métro) Stalingrad is a Paris Métro station on the border between the 10th arrondissement and the 19th arrondissement at the intersection of lines 2, 5, and 7, located at the "Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad", which is named for the Battle of Stalingrad. The Line 2 station opened as "Rue d'Aubervilliers", named after a nearby street, on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers to "Bagnolet" (now called Alexandre Dumas). On 5 November 1910, a separate underground station was opened as part of the first section of line 7 between "Opéra" and Porte