The battle for Stalingrad was one of the turning points of the second world war. Who was the commander of the Russian forces in this battle ?
The Second World War (book) the war are covered in detail, not only including the important national leaders (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Hideki Tojo, Chiang Kai-shek), but also individual generals (von Manstein, Rommel, Yamamoto, Zhukov, Montgomery, Eisenhower, MacArthur, and others) and lesser-known political figures. Beevor devotes entire chapters to particularly important battles or operations, including Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Moscow, Pearl Harbor, Operation Blau, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and the Battle of Berlin. As one of Beevor's culminating works, "The Second World War" received mostly positive reviews. The Guardian praised his account of the Eastern Front, but criticised his
The Battle of Stalingrad (film) listed "The Battle of Stalingrad" as "a personality cult film". The Battle of Stalingrad (film) The Battle of Stalingrad () is a 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta. In the Kremlin, Stalin analyzes the Wehrmacht's movements and concludes that the Germans aim to capture Stalingrad. Hitler, who believes the city is the key to final victory, orders his Generals take it at all costs. As the enemy approaches Stalingrad, the Red Army and the local population rally to defend it in a bitter house-to-house