Matt
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Joined: 3/5/2001 From: Olympia, WA Status: offline
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I stand corrected. Enemy at the Gates is not winning running away. Battle of the Bulge is a close second. I had forgotten about that. I haven't seen Pearl Harbor yet through a strange set of circumstances. But to talk specifics in "Enemy. . ." I'll start at the beginning with the Soviet reinforcements being moved across the river. They were not the most polished military machine ever, but were organized into units, like squads, platoons, companies and so on. The Soviets had come to Stalingrad battle with over one million fairly experienced reserves from the east and north, so I'm willing to bet they had their own rifles. The movie portrays the Russian soldiers as happy go lucky galumphs who took a break each night to socialize in basements, and then attack with the guns of their political officers at the back during the day? All the Germans are fat slovenly morons who callously and arbitrarily wander about shooting wounded Russians. Oh the snipers. There was a German sniper instructor there. He was killed by a female Soviet sniper. James Lucas or Paul Carroll has her account in a book. I have her picture in another German book. She apparently stalked him over several days and finally shot him as he was hiding under some sheet metal in a vacant lot. She lived through the war in is credited with shooting over 350 Germans. A good portion of my movie collection is war movies, and I particularly enjoy several: The Longest Day, Paths of Glory, Gettysburg, Gallipolli, and even Kelly's Heroes. Les, I'm 27. BTW, which regiment were you in? I have an affinity for Canadians, even if you have unified the forces up there and have some friends who spent considerable time in the RCD, and Lord Strathcona's Horse (RC). Regards, Matt
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