Like most war movies, “Stalingrad” is anti-war at its core ... s “Saving Private Ryan,” Russian fighters engulfed in flames nevertheless charge and fire upon entrenched German forces.

Where most war movies steadily expand in scale ... Three-dimensional flames gutting and crackling. The Russian Stalingrad is a terrible, terrible film—and a deeply immoral one for its utter ...

Because of the high temperatures unusually strong wind started, that fed the flames ... in Stalingrad Field Marshal Paulus, Pavlov’s House was designated a fortress. Before the war, Pavlov ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it presses its war ...