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Mansur Abdulin takes his experiences on the front ranks and shares them in great detail in his book Red Road From Stalingrad. By describing all the things that are happening in the day to day combat, Abdulin is also giving the readers a glimpse at himself. He tells of mental and physical aspects of battle and shows how it effects all involved. His descriptions and feelings bring the readers into his mind and heart and they see the real Abdulin. His intent is to show and share the “real” life of war and battle. He cares for the cause and is a strong passionate Soviet soldier; however he also creates a different kind of hero by letting his loyalty and conscience to be his guide.

Nikolai Litvin recalls his experiences from his tenure as a Red Army soldier in his memoir 800 Days on the Eastern Front. Litvin transcribed his memories of the war seventeen years after he left the military, which provided him ample time to process his experiences and formulate complete thoughts on what happened. Using a concise writing style, Litvin packs his memoir with vivid details of military operations and offers subtle details about Stalinist thinking and Soviet life. The memoir contains some significant Soviet bias, and Litvin’s point of view is clearly impacted by the unique experiences of a Red Army soldier. To truly understand 800 Days on the Eastern Front, the reader must decipher how Litvin understands his experiences, the impacts of internalized Stalinist thoughts and how Litvin reflects them, and how Litvin reveals the truths he believes about the war.

Soviet officials prioritised the establishment of Communist Hegemony in the GDR (Bruce 2003, p. 6) and therefore allocated vast resources to controlling threats (Bruce 2003, p. 14). The end of World War II saw eleven internment camps established, intended for Nazis and those against communism (Bruce 2003, p. 6), and from 1945 to 1954, Erica Riemann found herself interned in a number of them (Molloy 2009, p. 65). We may be aware of GDR paranoia resulting in prosecution of imagined crimes (Bessel 2011, p. 154), but it is through individual stories that the reality of this comes across. The fact that a schoolgirl was interrogated, assaulted and sleep deprived for hours in a dungeon for taking lipstick to a picture of Stalin (Molloy 2009, p. 66) reveals the absurdity and extent of the cruelty that the SED went to. The details of long nightly interrogations and starvation help us understand how a normal teenager ended up confessing to being part of Nazi resistance (Molloy 2009, p. 66). It is through examples of people being mocked, raped, starved, assaulted, threatened and killed that we can begin to imagine the experiences of prisoners. Recounts of Erica’s attempted suicide and the inability to hold relationships (Molloy 2009, p. 73) create a deeper understanding of the

In the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, the power of Hitler 's influence would make itself especially apparent. The role of the USSR in its defense of Stalingrad cannot be understated, but Soviet defeat would have been likely had Hitler not demanded that

By successfully defending the city of Stalingrad the Soviet Union were able to deny Hitler his

The US did well in joining the war. If they hadn’t entered the war than probably the Germans would have taught that the US was weak and then they would have continued to attack the country and would have tried to invade. As a matter a fact Russia could have defeated the Nazis, but the leader Stalin would have probably taken over Europe. Not to mention that the Nazis could have even made the Atomic Bomb because since

The journal “Wishful sinking: Disappearing islands, climate refugees and cosmopolitan experimentation” is written by Dr. Carol Farbotko, an Australian environmental scientist. The journal marks the disappearing islands and the climate refugees as an urgent impact of climate changes and discusses some consequences of raising sea level. Author opines that the global climate changes are in crisis through an experiment that imitates the disappearing of low-lying Oceania islands. And also, author points out that the emergence of Tuvalu makes the world start to consider climate changes, but unfortunately, it also creates the possibility of Tuvalu islands and Tuvaluan bodies being eco-colonized. The last, author expresses a moral thought that only if an island actually disappears, people will actually start to deal with climate issues.

After annihilating the French Army in the West and bombing Britain daily with almost no attacking retaliation, Adolf Hitler’s quest for power was beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. But there was one opponent left that could beat Nazi Germany, the USSR. Hitler initially signed a treaty of peace with Russia, but Hitler never wanted it to stay. The Slavic people were nearly as “nonhuman” in Hitler’s eyes as Jews. And so, Hitler ordered for the invasion of the USSR. The plans leading up to the invasion of Russia however, were flawed in a huge way. The German planners were blinded by their success against France and the stereotypes that they created against the Russian people. Hitler was even quoted saying, “If you kick the door down,

After World War Two, we, the Soviet Union, lost the most out of the war due to the deaths of 20 million military and civilians, but we came out stronger than ever. We were left alone to fight the Nazis after their betrayal, but that could've been avoided if the allies conducted the D-day invasion, first. Instead, the allies chose to liberate Northern Africa and Italy while we were losing 1 in 4 Soviets. The allies accuse us of spreading communism and not allowing free elections in the areas we liberated. But what the allies do not mention, is that we liberated those countries and along with them the holocaust victims. Not only that but we were attacked by Germany twice in both world wars. We saved lives and had to fight for ours alone due to

Russia tried to avoid war with Germany at the start of World War II, but this changed on June 22, 1941. Operation Barbarossa joined Russia into the World War II. This was the largest German military attack, and unfortunately for the Russians, a very well planned operation. Operation Barbarossa’s name originated from the Holy Roman emperor, Fredrick Barbarossa, who set out to conquer the Holy Land. This name was completely appropriate since the goal of Operation Barbarossa was to capture the capitol of Russia, Moscow. Operation Barbarossa was an attack by the Germans to join Russia into the war with Germany.

Causes and Consequences of Operation Barbarossa On June 22nd 1941, German forces crossed the Russian frontier and began to fight their way into Soviet territory. Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's codename for the attack on Russia, had begun. In this essay I am going to describe the causes, events and consequences of Operation Barbarossa. What happened when the 'unbeatable' Hitler and Germany met the sheer determination and patriotism of Stalin and the USSR?

Enemy at the Gates is a war film which the title is taken from William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 until 1943. While fictional, the film is loosely based on war stories told by Russian (Soviet) Sniper, Vasily Zaitsev Enemy at the Gates, set in the calamity siege of Stalingrad, short on historical accuracy. Vasilli Zaitsev is a shepherd who learned to hunt from his grandfather, came from the ural mountains, and Vasilli is the Red Army soldier. Vasilli sent to be on the front lines to attack Germany. He used the technique of firing sniper who was taught by his grandfather.

Many historians argue that the Battle of Stalingrad was "the turning point" of WW II in Europe. During the course of war, changes in moods, thoughts, and impressions of the Germans, Romanians and Soviets were easily depicted. It documents the impact on the psychological changes of the war but justifies how it changed the history of modern warfare as we know it.

On August 23, 1942 a German spearhead penetrated Stalingrad’s northern suburbs. The Luftwaffe, a German Air Force group, then rained incendiary bombs on the city which destroyed most of the city’s wooden houses. The Sixty-second army was pushed back and was determined to make stand to fight off the Nazis’s. By mid September the Germans had pushed the Soviet Union back until they only had a nine mile strip of the city along the Volga river. The only way for the Russians to get supplies was by boat or barge. On October 14, the Soviet Union was pushed back so far on the banks of the Volga river that as their supplies were crossing the river it was destroyed by the heavy machine gun fire from Germans. At that time the Germans were low on supplies and were dispirited from the heavy losses, fatigue, and the

The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943) , was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies.