Battle of Stalingrad the battle a watershed moment. At the time, the global significance of the battle was not in doubt. Writing in his diary on 1 January 1943, British General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, reflected on the change in the position from a year before: At this point, the British had won the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942. However, there were only about 50,000 German soldiers at El Alamein in Egypt, while at Stalingrad 200,000 Germans had been lost. Regardless of the strategic implications, there is little doubt about Stalingrad's symbolism. Germany's defeat shattered its reputation
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad is a book written by William Craig and published in 1973 by Reader's Digest Press and in 1974 by Penguin Publishing. The 2001 film "Enemy at the Gates" utilized the book's title and used it as one of its sources, but was not a direct adaptation of the work. The "Slavic Review" panned "Enemy at the Gates", calling it "rambling and exaggerated" and negatively comparing Craig to author Paul Carell. In contrast, "The Washington Post" was more favorable and drew favorable comparisons to Cornelius