From: Glantz, David M., with Jonathan M. House. ARMAGEDDON IN STALINGRAD: SEPTEMBER–NOVEMBER 1942. The Stalingrad Trilogy, vol. 2. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2009.

Description: In this video Jens Wehner from the MHM Dresden and I talk Sturmpioniere (Assault Engineers / Assault Pioneers) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. We also look at the origins, how accurate the portrayal in the movie Stalingrad (1993) is and of course operation Hubertus (Unternehmen Hubertus).

ABSTRACT
Representations of children in films about Stalingrad, both Soviet/Russian and German, can be considered a sort of telling "negative presence."The informed viewer can surmise aspects of the battle--in particular, the plight of the civilian population and children of Stalingrad--that have been intentionally obscured for ideological and political reasons in both cultures. Largely memorialising Stalingrad as a site of Soviet glory or German catastrophe, respectively, the films mainly focus on the fighting itself, especially the combat experiences of servicemen.

This article considers the representation of children in major Russian and German feature films about Stalingrad. German films emphasise positive aspects of interactions between Wehrmacht servicemen and Russian children; the former appear as protectors or benefactors of the latter, or are portrayed as "lost boys"--ordinary German lads caught up in a wartime predicament. Soviet films present a glaring mixed message: in some, Stalingrad is no place for children at all, or children have no face or voice of their own, and merely constitute collateral damage; in others, children appear as the Red Army's rear support, doing their part for the cause right under the invaders' noses.

Another post on the same sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/MixCache/s/RglosZ5s8P

This is the first one I've ever seen with built-in explosions. Very very impressive.

"The Battle of Stalingrad is in Russian state-aligned nationalist discourse more than a military victory. Across official institutions, state-aligned media, education, popular culture, and patriotic movements, Stalingrad is cast as a quasi-religious story of Russian sacrifice and resurrection"

Garner, Ian, and Hugh Garner. "Ambient War: Stalingrad Memory and Russian State-Aligned Telegram Networks in the War Against Ukraine." Media, War & Conflict (2026). Pre-Print Article Link

“The members of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front.” The members of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front (left to right): Member of the Politburo of the CPSU (b), the secretary of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine Nikita Khrushchev, member of the Military Council of the Front for the rear, Major-General Alexei Ilarionovich Kirichenko, 1st Secretary of the Stalingrad regional party Alexey Semenovich Chuyanov, commander of the South-East (Stalingrad) front, General Andrei Ivanovich Eremenko. The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Russia, Volgograd. Credit: RIA NOVOSTI