[Wolfshook]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Von Paulus:
Stailingrad, was the bloodiest battle of the war, Men were hacking each other to pieces with shovels for christ's sake...I'm sorry some of you Americans can't accept that seeing as you have probably only formed your opinions based on the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan, but to get just a glimpse, I mean JUST a glimpse of what those poor bastards went through at Stalingrad, go out and hire that movie (Stalingrad), It's in German I know and the subtitles are pretty small, but I'm sure you'll be able to manage...Anyhow, what Enemy at the Gates like, It hasn't hit our shores yet...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Well, first off, the close combat with entrenching tools, and anything else they could get ahold of, was during the entire Eastern Front war, not just Stalingrad. The Eastern Front was brutal, it wasn't just one city, where the fighting suddenly turned bestial.

Again, we see a European who thinks all of us learned about ww2, from SPR. Give us some credit, man, your sounding just a tad high handed.

I've seen Stalingrad...quite a few times, in the original German, with subtitles. Again, Europeans aren't the only ones who can watch movies with subtitles.

Calm the attitude down, though, and I might like you. However, insulting all Americans won't make you many friends. I happen to know a lot of stupid and intelligent people...who come from all over the world.

Enemy at the Gates, was ok...nothing spectacular. A little too much romance, and not enough down and dirty, gritty realism.

IMO

BTW, I'm American.


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