Trapped on the Deadliest Hill in Stalingrad | Battle of Stalingrad

24 September 1942, 22:30. On the western slope of Mamayev Kurgan, a food carrier climbs back up from the field kitchen with a can of soup on his back. The trench he left two hours ago is now full of Russians. By dawn, six men in a single machine-gun pit are all that remains of the German line on the hill. ❤️ HELP MAKE EPISODE 4 HAPPEN Each episode takes weeks of research, writing and editing. This channel exists only because of viewers like you. ☕ Buy me a coffee (one-time support): https://buymeacoffee.com/documentaries 🎖️ Join on Patreon and get access to 200+ documentaries, early access to new episodes and a say in what comes next: https://www.patreon.com/ShadowsOfConflicts Episode 3 of a mini-series following the 24th Panzer Division through the Battle of Stalingrad, told through the eyes of Obergefreiter Emil Vogel and the men of his section. From the night Soviet assault on Hill 102 to the encircled pit on its slope, from the great offensive of 27 September through the scrub of the old training ground to the railway embankment in front of the factory district, these are the days in which the division fought for the hill that dominates Stalingrad, as the men who fought there might have lived them. ▶️ Missed the previous episodes? Episode 1: https://youtu.be/IjYUcYGqMLw Episode 2: https://youtu.be/wbsfLd3qS1Y 📜 PRIMARY SOURCES Kriegstagebuch (war diary) of the 24. Panzer-Division, 1942 – German military records, US National Archives (NARA), microfilm series T-315 Vasily Chuikov – The Battle for Stalingrad (memoir of the commander of the Soviet 62nd Army) Vasily Grossman – A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941–1945 (wartime notebooks, ed. Antony Beevor & Luba Vinogradova) Reinhold Busch – Survivors of Stalingrad: Eyewitness Accounts from the 6th Army, 1942–43 📚 SECONDARY SOURCES & FURTHER READING Jason D. Mark – Death of the Leaping Horseman: 24. Panzer-Division in Stalingrad Antony Beevor – Stalingrad (1998) David M. Glantz & Jonathan M. House – Armageddon in Stalingrad (2009) ℹ️ NOTE Emil Vogel and the men of his section are fictional characters. The units, commanders, places, dates and events of the campaign are based on the historical record. Archival footage is used for illustrative purposes and does not always depict the exact events described. The narrator is a soldier of the Wehrmacht. His views are shown, not shared. This episode depicts war crimes, including the killing of wounded prisoners and the use of prisoners to clear minefields, because they happened. It does not glorify or endorse any ideology or regime. Music By: 'Decoherence' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au ❤️ HELP MAKE EPISODE 4 HAPPEN Each episode takes weeks of research, writing and editing. This channel exists only because of viewers like you. ☕ Buy me a coffee (one-time support): https://buymeacoffee.com/documentaries 🎖️ Join on Patreon and get access to 200+ documentaries, early access to new episodes and a say in what comes next: https://www.patreon.com/ShadowsOfConflicts 🔔 Subscribe to follow the 24th Panzer Division through Stalingrad — Episode 4 coming soon: the Barrikady. #Stalingrad #WW2 #24thPanzer #MamayevKurgan #EasternFront #History #WWII #MilitaryHistoryt Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au