Mosfilm Studios
THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD PART 1
Screenplay - Nikolai Wirta
Director - Vladimir Petrov
Kamera - Juri Jekeltschik
Production design - Leonid Mamaladze
Assistant director - N. Dostal
Music - Aram Khachaturian
Sound - Valery Popov Editing - K. Moskvina
Camera - K. Petritschenko, D. Suvorov
Requisite - V. Kaliagin, I. Nigmatulin
Maskenbild - A. Andschan, E. Lomowa
Assistant Director - A. Aschkinazi, D. Zalbstein,
M. Tsarshitskaya, M. Chernova
Camera assistants - P. Satunovsky, V. Masevich
Special Effects - G. Eisenberg, M. Semenow
Animation - L. Bredis Explosionsleitung - V. Lichatschew
Explosions - A. Muraschow, I. Jagman
Army advisors - Colonels of the Guards P. Semenov, F. Vorobyov
Army units under the command of Colonel-General Romanowski
Producer - M. Lewin
Narrator - Yuri Levitan
Orchestra of the USSR Department of Cinematography
Dirigent - G. Hamburg
Josef Stalin - Aleksei Dikij
Parteiangehörige und sowjetische Staatsmänner:
M. Strauch, M. Kwarelaschwili, Ju. Tolubeew, M. Derschawin,
A. Krjukow, G. Muschegian, N. Ryschow, V. Solowiew,
V. Khochriakow, N. Dorochin, M. Worobjow, S. Chmelnitski
Sowjetische Heeresleitung:
Generalmajor Wassilewski - Juri Schumski
Generalmajor Woronow - V. Merkuriew
Generalleutnant Rokossowski - B. Liwanow
Generalmajor Jeremenko - N. Kolesnikow
Generalleutnant Tschuikow - N. Simonow
Generalmajor Krylow - V. Orlow
Generalmajor Rodimzew - S. Brschewski
Divisions-Kommissar Gurow - N. Plotnikow
Stalins alter Freund - B. Dobronrawow
Leutnant der Garde Kaleganow - B. Smirnow
Feldwebel der Garde Pawlow - L. Knjasew
Franklin D. Roosevelt - N. Tscherkassow
Winston Churchill - V. Stanizyn
Harriman - K. Michajlow
Kerr - N. Raewski
Amerikanischer Journalist - P. Massalski
Nazi Army Command:
Adolf Hitler - M. Astangow
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel - N. Komissarow
Field Marshal Alfred Jodl - B. Swoboda
General of Paulus - V. Gaidarov
Schmidt - V. Wsewolodow
Adam - Yes. Kaluschski
1941-1945
Chronicle of the Great Patriotic War
Stalingrad
The greatest battle in human history
took place in the summer of 1942
on a vast expanse of Soviet land.
It was 1942.
The Soviet Union fought Hitler's gigantic war machine
without outside help.
It's clear.
They are marching towards Stalingrad.
Now we need this city
defend against the enemy for the second time this year.
Stalingrad is an important strategic goal.
The surrender of Stalingrad would mean giving up all advantages.
The preservation of Stalingrad would tie the hands of the enemy
and threaten its supply routes.
Absolutely right.
The capture of Stalingrad is undoubtedly the main objective
of the strategic campaign of the Germans in that year.
We do not know the details of this plan,
but I think he's more daring
than last year's for the capture of Moscow.
The approach is quite ordinary.
Strong front-line units and a vehement front-line attack.
They don't frighten us with that.
We know that.
Nevertheless, they have extended their flanks.
We shouldn't underestimate that, Comrade Wassilewski.
I am aware of this, Comrade Stalin.
We must constantly watch the enemy's flanks
and about every new division of the Germans
or their allies keep records.
That is immensely important.
Will do, Comrade Stalin.
So, in defense of Stalingrad.
We have to gain advantages over time
and weaken the enemy.
What has been done to achieve this?
At your command, the 63rd Army moves to the line
Pavlovsk-Veshenskoe-Serafimovich.
I think the Kletskoe-Serafimovich front line
needs to be strengthened.
- What are our reserves? - The 21st Army.
- Send them to this area. - Yes, as you wish.
What about the formation of the 57th Army?
We started it, Comrade Stalin.
Near Stalingrad
the General Staff has two naval brigades,
six detachments with students from the Infantry Academy,
who were transferred from the front in the North Caucasus,
and an NKVD detachment.
Yes, Comrade Stalin.
Following your instructions, I ordered
to transfer these troops to Stalingrad.
I also want
that you do not promise reinforcements to our commanders,
even though they ask for it.
And do not withdraw troops from the Moscow defense line.
- Not a single! - As ordered, Comrade Stalin.
- Can I go? - Yes, goodbye.
In July 1942 the enemy broke with their armored forces
through the front in the southwest,
which was then under the command of Tymoshenko.
With the troops of General Paulus and Hoth's 4th Panzer Army
the enemy took Millerowo, Kantemirovka,
Morozovskaya and Bokovskaya.
The 62nd and 64th Army Divisions met the enemy.
Kleist's army group fights near Rostov-on-Don,
the vanguard of Weichs' army
face the Russians on the other side of the Don.
General Weichs is advancing east too slowly.
My army must not slow down on the Don.
We must be in Stalingrad on July 25th.
Then we move further north, along the Volga,
and cut off Moscow from the Ural Mountains.
And then the armies in the center
Attack Moscow from the west.
When their capital has surrendered,
the Russians will surely give up the fight.
- That's a brilliant plan. - I insist on this deadline.
We must be in Stalingrad on July 25th.
We must take full advantage of the favorable situation.
Most notably,
since there is so much controversy about the Second Front.
The Second Front? Jodl, that's nonsense.
The English will not be so stupid as to try
save the Bolsheviks.
When we beat the Russians
Rommel becomes the English once and for all
expelled from North Africa
and join Kleist in advancing through the Middle East.
Kleist must take Baku on September 25th.
In doing so, we cut the British off from India
and establish ourselves with both feet on the big continent.
And from there we challenge America.
Proceed, Field Marshal.
The 6th Army of General Paulus, my leader,
will attack with two lines.
Hoth's army will strike at Kalach.
Our aim is to surround the Russian 62nd Army
and keep them from crossing the Don.
The battle for the Don began. The bloody battle lasted 20 days.
The Soviet troops managed to gain additional time
to strengthen the defenses of Stalingrad.
who claimed
the Germans would cross the Don at the first attempt?
That was my miscalculation, Mr. President.
The press insisted.
The press... what does the press know?
The press insisted
not to help the Russians with weapons,
because they could fall into the hands of the Germans.
The Russians fight
like no army has fought before them.
I've seen it.
You know Russia.
How do you think we can help the country?
With an invasion of Europe, Mr President.
It's not up to me.
The British want a cheap victory.
You keep talking about North Africa
as if North Africa would decide the outcome of the war.
They fight against 12 divisions of Rommel,
whereas the Russians fight against 240 divisions.
Mr President, I believe
that a task force on the French coast
will mean much more than two armies in Africa.
Ultimately, political pressure
make military action in Europe unavoidable.
I believe, Mr President, that our estimates
of the German defense positions
on the English Channel
are far too influenced by German propaganda.
I'm just too old for one thing:
I can't drag Churchill across the Channel in chains.
Mr President, every second we miss a great opportunity.
I can only say one thing:
woe to mankind,
should there ever be a dispute between us and Russia.
The 62nd Army
and the 4th Panzer Army of the Stalingrad Front
retreated to the east bank of the Don.
In the third week of August
tempted units of Paul's army,
to force a crossing of the Don.
To the frontline commander, Major General Yeremenko.
Defending Stalingrad and defeating the enemy,
advancing on Stalingrad from the west and south,
are immensely important for the Soviet front.
The high command obliges you not to spare your forces
and not afraid of sacrifices
to successfully defend Stalingrad
and destroy the enemy.
Stalin.
Wassilewski.
Talks were held in Moscow in August 1942
between the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars,
Josef Stalin,
and British Prime Minister Churchill.
Mr. Harriman represented
the President of the United States of America.
And so we came to the conclusion
although it's hard for me to pronounce...
Nobody here has the faint of heart, Prime Minister.
Invading Europe this year is impossible.
Britain cannot afford to risk a mission
which promises no certain success.
In other words
draw the British and American statesmen
returned the promise they made earlier this year?
General Montgomery is currently busy
to prepare our advance in North Africa.
Also, as you know, we are planning a major offensive in North Africa,
between Algeria and Casablanca.
Your actions will not become a single German division
withdraw from the Russian front.
Not only that.
Our secret service reports
that divisions of the 8th Italian Army
immediately move to the Don.
In addition, also divisions
sighted by Rommel's African army.
We are also planning an invasion of Sicily.
This front becomes of larger political
considered to be of military importance.
Compared to an invasion of France,
will invade Sicily
not have major military implications.
We do everything in our power.
This approach, Prime Minister,
promises no positive developments for the future.
We have a solemn promise to you
brought by the governments of Great Britain and the United States,
that an invasion of France will take place.
But it won't be until next year, 1943.
This invasion must happen now.
Not only do we need this invasion,
but you too.
All of humanity needs them.
Can you guarantee
that this solemn promise
not also like the previous one is broken?
I am sure that the Prime Minister
will again be able to prove
that his country has no people left.
Mr Prime Minister, the Soviet Union and its army
will slow down the advance of the Germans,
but those who have broken their solemn promise,
will be responsible for tens of thousands of new victims in Europe.
Now I understand.
Missions in Africa, Italy...
They just want to be the first to reach the Balkans.
They want us to bleed to death
so they can boss us around.
They only want to use us to achieve their own goal.
That won't happen.
The Slavs will join us.
They hope we give up Stalingrad
and thereby lose a good position to advance.
That won't happen either.
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, we have to go to Malenkov
as a representative of the State Defense Committee
send to Stalingrad
and ask Comrade Wassilewski to go with him.
And give them full authority.
I agree.
The legendary Battle of Stalingrad began.
The 62nd Army held the enemy's advance
back on the outskirts of town.
August 23 at 4 p.m.
the vanguard of Paul's army advanced to the Volga.
On the same day the German leadership gave up
ordered the 4th Air Fleet to attack the city.
Dear comrades! Dear citizens of Stalingrad!
With what troops did the Germans break
by our defense, comrade Yeremenko?
With the 150th Armored Infantry Division, Comrade Malenkov.
Comrade representative
of the State Defense Committee,
here is a radio message from the high command:
"They have enough forces
to stop the enemy's advance.
Attack the enemy with the Luftwaffe
from both front lines.
Mobilize and deploy armored trains
in the Stalingrad railway operating system.
Generate lots of smoke to obscure enemy vision.
Do not fight the enemy only by day,
but also at night
using whatever artillery is available.
The most important thing is not to lose your nerve
not to fear the enemy
and believe in our victory.
Stalin. 23. August."
Take revenge!
Comrade Yeremenko, take the regiment of NKVD troops,
to defend the tractor factory and go to the front.
Will be done.
Carry out the regrouping of the troops as discussed.
Do it in silence.
The situation is precarious, but not hopeless.
We're going, Alexander Mikhailovich.
If you need me, I'm on the northern front.
Mobilize the partisans.
Mobilize the communists, the Lenin Youth and the workers.
We must defend the city with all our means.
- How many tanks do you have ready? - 60, Comrade Malenkov.
- Do you have machine guns? - 1500 tank machine guns.
- Arm the partisans. - Yes sir.
Citizens of Stalingrad!
Enjoyed!
We must defend the city!
Comrade Stalin said not to panic,
not surrender to the enemy and trust in our victory.
Many of you here, under the leadership of Comrade Stalin
fought in the civil war.
Comrades, we will have to fight for our city.
Fight and remember
that although Stalin cannot be here in person,
but is always with you!
The defenders of Stalingrad left on those difficult days
the enemy into the city.
They defended the northern part of the front
until the arrival of regular Red Army troops.
I report,
that the capture of Stalingrad
by the Germans
imminent.
It is impossible,
the enemy with the available forces
to stop the 62nd Army.
Today, September 3rd,
the enemy is three kilometers
away from the city. Wassilewski.
To Comrades Malenkov and Wassilewski.
If the Northern Group of Forces does not provide immediate assistance,
Stalingrad will be abandoned either today or tomorrow.
You must ask the commander of the army
with the forces north and northwest of Stalingrad
attack the enemy immediately
and to come to the aid of the defenders of Stalingrad.
There must be no hesitation.
A delay would come under today's circumstances
equal to a crime.
Am 4. September
became seven rifle divisions and two armored troops
positioned at Samofalowka, Shirokoje and Lo znoje.
The 63rd and 21st Armies fought,
to keep on the south bank of the Don.
On September 5, the Northern Group of Forces transferred
a series of devastating blows to Paul's army,
after this the Soviet line of defense
had broken through.
The 63rd and 21st armies rallied,
to defend Rubeshensky, Kotovsky and Belyaevsky.
Paul felt compelled
deploy twelve of his best divisions,
to repel an attack from the north.
Today, September 12, it is the task of the 62nd Army to
to defend Stalingrad. Stop.
Generalleutnant Wassili Iwanowitsch Tschuikow
is hereby appointed Commander-in-Chief. Stop.
Armor. Stop.
Thank you for your trust.
The situation in Stalingrad is delicate, Comrade Chuikov.
But we must defend the city.
By any means.
This is Comrade Stalin's order.
I will either die in Stalingrad or defeat the enemy.
Gut.
I trust them.
Comrade Chief of Staff, what is the state of the armed forces?
There is not a fully manned division left, Comrade Commander,
that we can use against the enemy.
Understand.
The headquarters of the army command
is under constant enemy fire, Comrade Chuikov.
And the front is two kilometers away.
That is how it should be, Comrade Gurov.
The headquarters of the army command must be where the army is.
Now, Krylow.
I see things like this:
When we start fighting back
they will run over us in no time.
We should attack.
Attack should be our defensive tactic from now on.
We respond to every attack with a counterattack.
Write it down.
I order that the 399th Division...
There are 140 men left.
...delivers a counterattack to the enemy,
towards aero cities.
A regiment of the Saraev Division
must counter the enemy with an attack...
War knows both
Detours and shortcuts to hell.
The end of our path is known.
The whole world knows General Paulus and his army.
They crushed Poland.
They fought their way through France to Orleans.
I will destroy the Russians here, on the Volga.
A telegram from the Führer.
I am called to Vinnitsa.
Adam, get a plane ready for takeoff.
General Paulus.
You didn't live up to my hopes.
Today is September 12th,
but the Russians are still in Stalingrad.
My leader.
The Bolsheviks are responding with constant counterattacks.
I can't use a single Northern Front division.
I didn't get the promised reinforcement
but I assure you...
I don't need your insurance!
You have to obey my orders!
When will you take Stalingrad?
I will do my best, my leader!
you will pay with your life
if Stalingrad is not taken by September 20th.
You can resign now.
Field Marshal Keitel!
They undermine the most important tasks of this year!
Here's what's on the cards:
As soon as Stalingrad is ours,
the Turks and Japanese will immediately attack the Russians.
Do you understand now?
Stalingrad will be ours, my Führer!
On September 13, Paul gave orders to his mighty army to
to attack Stalingrad.
Fire!
You must advance!
Use all your strength. The Russians are running out of steam.
Read the daily reports!
On the left flank of the 425th Regiment
broke 60 enemy tanks
with the support of 20 aircraft
to the streets of Lugovaya.
The observation post of the regiment command was destroyed.
Regiment commander Major Uvarov was killed.
The new regiment commander is Captain Sviridov.
A 50 tank strong enemy regiment
broke through our defenses
after an artillery barrage between the 218th and 46th regiments.
The enemy is moving
through the gorges of Dolgi and Kruto towards the Volga.
It is impossible,
stop the enemy with the available forces.
81st! 81st! report on the situation.
50 enemy tanks managed to break through into the Aero city.
Popov's detachment suffered heavy casualties.
There are only 20 people left in the department.
It is difficult.
It's incredibly difficult!
If only Comrade Stalin knew.
He knows it.
Give me the Stalingrad battle report.
Hi. This is Stalin speaking.
Immediately give Chuikov the 13th Rodimtsev Guards Division
from the High Command Reserves.
Chuikov is in big trouble.
Comrade General, the artillery is ready to go.
Good. The infantry is to board.
Yup! The infantry is to board.
Get ready to board!
Dear captains. We can't wait until night.
We will make it.
Comrade General, the first echelon is on board.
Good. Let them run out.
Bring the second season on board.
Yes, second season on board.
All ships raise anchor and cast off.
Yup!
All ships, raise anchor and cast off!
Yup!
Get ready to leave.
Full steam ahead!
Fire!
What? Roger that. I understand it.
No communication with Matveyev's regiment.
A staff officer came back with a report.
The regiment lost almost 80% of its soldiers.
It stopped ten enemy attacks.
But the enemy broke through the defenses
despite significant losses
and is now fighting on the western slopes of Mamaj Mountain.
Immediately send the First Battalion
to support the 315th Regiment.
The Germans seized houses from skilled workers
and bombard the river crossing.
Distance 600! Fire!
Comrade Commander!
The Commander of the 13th Guards Infantry Division,
Major General Rodimtsev, is at your service.
Also,
Paul's 6th Army is there, and Hoth's 4th Panzer Army is here.
The Italians and Romanians are on the flanks.
What do you think, comrade Wassilewski,
if we did that?
That would mean that the Germans would walk into a giant trap.
Yes, a trap for two German armies.
The most important thing is to choose the right moment to attack.
Absolutely right, comrade Wassilewski.
Hasty action could put us in an unfavorable situation,
but neither can we delay our attack.
Very daring, Comrade Stalin.
Very daring.
I thought about it for a long time, comrade Wassilewski.
The enemy is on the Volga and in the Caucasus.
We fight alone.
Our counterattacks do not lead to the desired goal.
We're losing entire divisions.
People are dying, Wassilewski.
That's very hard.
Difficult.
One advises that, the other the opposite.
One insists that it would be enough
to push the Germans out of Stalingrad.
The other conjures us
to wait for help from the Allies.
And all of them...
...request reinforcements.
No, Comrade Stalin.
In a situation like this, we shouldn't
be satisfied with half-hearted measures.
No no...
We must face the enemy
visualize the imminent demise.
I would like to ask them,
to develop an action plan.
Lock yourself up for a few days
isolated from everything.
Just deal with it.
Very well, Comrade Stalin.
Bahnhof
Comrade Lieutenant,
the battalion commander is mortally wounded.
There are only 30 people left in the battalion.
The commander ordered
that you will take command of the battalion
and fight to the end.
Definitely don't withdraw!
tell the commander
that I will take command of the battalion.
The Guard will fight to the end.
Days and nights passed. But the guard held out.
Comrade Lieutenant! Comrade Lieutenant!
Panzer!
There are only twelve of us left in the battalion.
All twelve, come with me.
There were only three left.
Comrade Lieutenant! Comrade Lieutenant!
The Krauts are on the move again.
We must fight to the death.
Comrade Lieutenant,
the commander of the regiment has ordered to continue fighting.
An infantry platoon comes to the rescue.
- They should come through the basement. - Yes.
- Hurry up. - Yes sir!
Keep up! Help is on the way!
Comrade Lieutenant!
I command you...
"I report. The Guard did not retreat.
They died like heroes defending Stalin's city
and did not let the enemy invade. Lieutenant Kaliganov."
did he fall
Yes, sir.
Alle Soldaten des Battalions sind tot.
What does Leningrad need?
Anything it can get, Josef Vissarionovich.
Comrade Poskrebishev.
All who supply Leningrad with food and gas,
should please come to me tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.
Oh yes.
An American journalist
sent me these three questions.
Please take a look.
Hello, Viacheslav Mikhailovich.
Did you check out my answers
viewed for the curious American journalist?
What do you make of it?
Good, excellent.
The third question is perhaps the most interesting.
Here is my answer to the third question.
"I believe that the ability of Soviet citizens to
to counter the attacks of the German scoundrels,
is no less, if not greater,
than the desire for world domination
from Nazi Germany
or any other aggressor state."
This isn't just the answer to a question.
This is also a warning for the future.
Good night.
Goodbye.
The comrade you wanted to see is here.
This is my old friend from Tsaritsyno days.
I will receive him later at home.
Please prepare this information
for tomorrow's meeting of the State Security Committee.
Send this out urgently.
And please get me those books for tomorrow.
Joseph, you are tired.
I'm not the only one.
Do not worry about me.
Better take care of yourself. I'll be a hundred years old.
You still need to rest.
Just look at all your gray hair.
It would be strange if I didn't have one.
Yes. You're as restless as ever.
It's because of my work.
No, that's up to you.
I heard that you came to Moscow from far away
and i wanted to see you
I haven't let you out of my sight all these years.
Just recently we talked about your new project.
It's very solid and timely.
It is very important that we start as soon as possible
to produce new weapons.
The old guard.
You make me happy.
You make us happy every day.
When will you make us happy with a big win?
All in good time.
How do the workers live where you are?
Is life very hard for people?
And...
It's a very difficult war.
You know, people believe in our victory
and will give the army whatever it needs.
Still, people have a big question:
How long will we be on the defensive?
Our defensive strategy, my friend,
is a legitimate need
and will lead to the defeat of the enemy.
I'm sorry but I don't understand.
We must attack to defeat the enemy.
Our counterattacks only hold
limit the advance of the enemy.
Never confuse a counterattack with a counteroffensive.
A well-organized counteroffensive
is a very interesting type of offense.
Kutuzov knew her well.
He defeated the French
with a well-organized counteroffensive.
We prepare
for a large-scale strategic offensive at Stalingrad.
Why did you choose Stalingrad for a counteroffensive?
That's where most of the German Wehrmacht is!
This is exactly part of our strategy:
to deliver a decisive blow
where it will have the greatest impact.
This blow will plunge the Germans into disaster.
into a catastrophe?
But the Germans are not only in Stalingrad.
They are also in Smolensk, near Leningrad and Baku!
You are still very strong.
When Napoleon fought at Borodino,
he was also very strong.
Listen to what Napoleon, according to Tolstoy's description,
went through my head at the time.
"As he over the whole story
of this strange Russian campaign
and heard reports that the Russians were still holding their positions,
A terrible feeling came over him, almost like a nightmare,
and all the unfortunate incidents
that could spell his downfall
came to mind.
Yes, it was like in a dream
in which a man believes he is being attacked by a bully,
and he raises his arm
to give this brawler a mighty punch
which should actually render him harmless,
but then he feels his arm falling weak and powerless,
and the terror of his inevitable demise
seize him in all his helplessness."
So it is with the Almighty.
Kalatsch
Gut.
Very well.
Do not believe, comrade Wassilewski,
that the Stalingrad front
should be divided into two fronts?
The section from Kletskaya to the Volga
should be called Don Front.
And the section from here to the lakes of Kolmyk
should be called the Stalingrad Front.
Absolutely right, Comrade Stalin.
Who would you suggest as commander for the Don Front?
Die Don-Front?
Comrade Rokossovsky.
Why not.
All right then.
Rokossowski.
That's a good idea.
Excuse me.
Put me through Comrade Rokossovsky,
the commander of the Briansk front.
I looked at our combat manual, comrade Wassilewski,
and suggest making some changes.
these changes
based on our combat experience in Stalingrad.
I find that many things in this guide are outdated.
Linear tactics are obsolete.
The commander changes his position in combat.
For example, we would need powerful motorized units.
Check this out
and tell me what you think of it.
I will do that, Comrade Stalin.
Hello, comrade Rokossovsky.
How are things at the front?
You say it's quiet there?
Completely calm?
Maybe you want to be transferred somewhere
where things get a little livelier?
We are currently dividing the Stalingrad front into two fronts:
the actual Stalingrad front on which we defend the city,
and the Don front,
where we have to deal with broader tasks.
We suggest,
that you take command of the Don Front.
Think about it and give us your answer tomorrow.
Goodbye.
I think he will accept.
This will be very successful, Comrade Stalin.
We will begin deploying troops immediately.
Take care,
that the troops only move at night.
The use of radio devices is prohibited.
There must be no correspondence about this mission.
Not even as code.
Will do, Comrade Stalin.
And finally:
How much time do you need to prepare for the assignment?
I think a month and a half will be enough.
Please don't make it much longer. To be clear:
The armies of Hoth and Paulus will be in the near future
not be able to advance at all.
Their operational reserves are almost exhausted.
It is possible that the enemy as soon as he detects
how useless it is to advance on Stalingrad will decide
switch to defensive tactics.
If that should be the case, the enemy will begin
Withdraw troops from the Stalingrad area.
We must not allow enemy troops
escape from our line of advance.
We make sure that doesn't happen.
And what do you think of that, comrade Wassilewski,
if i would ask you before i approve the plan,
visit the area of ​​the planned operation?
To inspect our troops there,
and see what condition they are in
and prepare the front for reinforcements to come
and to confer with the commanders?
This will only benefit me.
I will correct the final draft of the plan on site.
I am of the opinion,
that artillery commander Comrade Voronov should accompany you.
This is absolutely necessary.
If you have nothing urgent to do,
could you go tomorrow
I have nothing more urgent to do than that.
I wish you much success.
Give my regards to the commanders.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
It's October.
The Germans failed the defensive positions
by Chuikov's army did not break through.
It grew around every district
fought every street and every house.
I received guidelines from Comrade Stalin,
how street fighting should be conducted.
We should adhere to these guidelines.
Write it down.
Fighting in a building should be quick and fierce.
Don't linger unnecessarily.
You have to act spontaneously and flexibly.
Forward!
I, Sergeant Yakov Pavlov of the Rodimtsev Guard,
reclaimed this soviet house.
The days passed...
The endless attacks could destroy the fighting spirit of the soldiers
by Sergeant Pavlov not break.
The Germans did not succeed in taking this house.
This house went down in history as Pavlov's house.
There is a rock on the Volga
He is covered with moss
From the summit to the foot
He's been like this for a hundred years
Without knowing need and worry
Nothing grows and thrives on it
Only the wind is blowing wildly
Only the mighty eagle
Has built its nest on the rock
To torment his prey there
Lieutenant General Rokossovsky is here, Comrade Stalin.
Bring him in.
I am here at your command, Comrade Stalin.
Hello, comrade Rokossovsky.
Have you relinquished command at the front?
Yes I have, Comrade Stalin.
They were assigned to the Don Front.
You must leave immediately.
Times are hard in Stalingrad.
remember
the city must remain ours under all circumstances.
Attack the enemy every day,
do not pause, cut him off from his reserves
and distract him from Chuikov's army.
I understood the task, Comrade Stalin.
Please allow me to attend to my duties.
Yes. And please check in with me more often.
And don't be angry with me if I call you from time to time.
Goodbye.
I wish you success.
This rock is still standing
And guard every thought of Stepan
And sometimes he revels in with the Volga
In memory of the leader's merry life
And now we begin
the last phase of the strategic plan
of the high command to carry out.
According to the strategy, first
the enemy flanks are destroyed.
The main attack is complete encirclement
of the enemy's main forces end,
namely Paul's 6th Army and Hoth's 4th Panzer Army.
Army units from the Southwest and Stalingrad fronts
will complete the encirclement at Kalach.
Kalatsch
As for the details of the mission,
Comrade Stalin had the idea of ​​allowing cadres to
to work them out with the frontline commanders on site.
It's been a while since we had a rep
of the General Staff in the Stalingrad area.
Zhukov became from Stalingrad this summer
transferred to the front in Ukraine.
I suggest Wassilewski for the duration of the assignment
to make staff representative in Stalingrad.
Does anyone object?
Then it's supposed to be like that.
So,
to carry out the operation in Stalingrad,
it requires the greatest effort of the whole country.
It's the job of the home front, everything for the counteroffensive
and prepare to defeat the enemy.
We need the workers, the kolkhoz farmers,
and call on all Soviet intellectuals
to work with twice the energy.
Now for the last question:
When will we start the counteroffensive?
In November, Comrade Stalin.
So we will counter-offensive in Stalingrad
begin in November.
1941-1945
Chronicle of the Great Patriotic War
End of the 1st part