https://knockout.chat/thread/49398/46#post-1821471

  • Weedian [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Enemy at the gates was one of the most successful pieces of propaganda of this generation

    • panopticon [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      literally just taking rumors about the sorry state of the Russian army in 1917 and transposing them into 1942

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        enemy at the gates is a fictionalized film about Vasily Zaitsev, a highly decorated soviet sniper
        in the film, he is forced to charge the nazis without a rifle

        • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          I remember reading a comprehensive takedown of the movie once, and how the actual river crossing depicted in the infamous scene was done by a well-equipped and already-veteran unit that spent days prior training for it and then crossed uncontested in the middle of the night.

          • Weedian [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            It’s both, the game took inspiration from the movie