Historical accuracy of Enemy at the Gates

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Enemy at the Gates is a feature film dramatizing the Battle of Stalingrad (WP). The production crew were British and American. Anti-Soviet undertones undermine the film's authenticity. Russian veterans that fought at the battle were dismayed enough at the film as to ask for it to be banned. The following is a list outlining major inaccuracies

• Vasily Zaytsev is an actual character but Major Konig is fictionalized.
• In the beginning, trains did not run with locked doors, they were left open in case of air raids
• Red Army soldiers were not grabbed from trains, in a herded fashion, they were organized into units
• They did not cross the river during the day, it was at night
• There was no rifle shortage
• There were no human wave attacks, they were sent by units and were trained
• Khrushchev is seen as having a major commanding role, whereas he had little to do with the battle. Unseen are Chuikov, Yeremenko, and Rodimtsev
• Tanya Chernova was not Jewish and was blonde
• Stalin's order of "Not a step backward" is exaggerated

External links

• Review of "Enemy at the Gates"