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Battle of Stalingrad in popular culture

The Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943), a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, often regarded as the single largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, and one of the most decisive battles of World War II, has inspired a number of media works.

Films

Documentary films

Cinematic films

Games

Board games

Video games

  • The Stalingrad Campaign (1986)
  • Battlefield 1942 (2002) Stalingrad
  • ' (2003) portrayed the battle in the Stalingrad campaign.
  • Call of Duty (2003) famous moments such as crossing of the Volga and the battle for Pavlov's House are depicted in the Soviet campaign.
  • ' (2004) All except the last two levels of the Soviet campaign take part during the Battle of Stalingrad.
  • Stalingrad (2005)
  • Call of Duty 2 (2005)
  • ' (2008) portrayed the battle in the first mission of the Soviet campaign, Vendetta, as well as the multiplayer map Revolution.
  • ' (2011), the single player campaign focuses on the Battle of Stalingrad, and several maps in the game portray famous locations of the battle, such as Pavlov's House, the Red October Factory and Mamayev Kurgan, among others. The Multiplayer also consisted of several famous locations from the single player so people could experience for themselves what it was like, to an extent.
  • Company of Heroes 2 (2013) portrayed the battle in certain missions, but was heavily criticized by some Russian players for "being historically inaccurate", and on 7 August DVD sales of the Russian version of the game were halted in Russia, while the game is still available for downloading from Steam.
  • ' (2013)
  • (2017) - The multiplayer map Stalingrad is featured in the third DLC map pack United Front, set in the winter during the Battle of Stalingrad.
  • Hell Let Loose (2021) - Highly detailed multiplayer map.
  • (2021) - The campaign missions, Stalingrad and Lady Nightingale both take place in Stalingrad. The multiplayer map Red Star and the Zombies map Der Anfang both take place in the city with the latter being set after the Battle of Stalingrad.

Literature

Fiction

  • A novel written by one of the most celebrated reporters in the Red Army.
  • A prequel to Life and Fate, published earlier in Russia. This is the first comprehensive translation into English.
  • A 1957 German novel written by a Stalingrad veteran and translated into English in 2018. Gerlach wrote another version of this novel in 1945, which was confiscated by the Soviets, and found in Russian state archives in 2012.
  • A novel focused on a German doctor in Stalingrad. Adapted for the film The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958).
  • A fictional story of a former SS officer, the third chapter ("Courante") takes place in Stalingrad. The book received two major French literary awards (the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and the Prix Goncourt).
  • A pseudo-memoir novel.
  • A novel which was later adapted for the film Enemy at the Gates (2001).
  • A postmodern novel that received the 2005 National Book Award.
  • A novel focused on a German tank officer, a Russian sniper, and a child living in Stalingrad. Received the White Pine Award.

Non-fiction

  • Michael K. Jones - Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed. Pen & Sword Military, 19 April 2007
  • Antony Beevor - Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. New York: Viking, 1998. An overall perspective of the battle. Noted for its extensive use of first-hand accounts.
  • Viktor Nekrasov - In trenches of Stalingrad (Виктор Некрасов "В окопах Сталинграда")
  • Last Letters from Stalingrad (German: Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad), an anthology of letters from German soldiers who took part in the Battle for Stalingrad during World War II. Originally published in West Germany in 1950, the book was translated into many languages (into English by Anthony G. Powell in 1956), and has been issued in numerous editions.
  • Jonathan Bastable - Voices from Stalingrad: Nemesis on the Volga. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 2006,
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (1995), When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas,
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2009), To the Gates of Stalingrad – Soviet-German combat operations April to August 1942, (Kansas UP)
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2009), Armageddon in Stalingrad – September to November 1942, (Kansas UP),
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2014), Endgame at Stalingrad - Book One: November 1942, (Kansas UP),
  • Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (2014), Endgame at Stalingrad - Book Two: December 1942 - January 1943, (Kansas UP),
  • Glantz, David (2011), 'After Stalingrad: The Red Army's Winter Offensive 1942–1943', Helion and Company,

Poetry

Concert music

In 2005, the Swedish Heavy Metal Band Sabaton (band) wrote a song titled “Stalingrad” which featured on their Primo Victoria album about the battle

Stage productions

  • The play Stalingrad 1942 was presented by Theatre Formation Paribartak of India in 2006

Medal art

  • 1985 table medal issued for the 40th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The obverse of the medal depicts a battle scene in Stalingrad with the fire-rescue boat Gasitel in the foreground and burning Stalingrad in the background. On the reverse of the medal there is the inscription "40 years of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War". The medal was made by casting zinc alloy. It has a diameter of 98 mm and a weight of 450 g.

Legends

  • Curse of Timur - an Uzbek legend that the victory in the battle was due to the reburial of Timur

References