Did the Soviet Red Army actually send only half of their troops into battle with a rifle during the Battle of Stalingrad as depicted in popular media such as Call of Duty 1 and Sniper at the Gates? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Did the Soviet Red Army actually send only half of their troops into battle with a rifle during the Battle of Stalingrad as depicted in popular media such as Call of Duty 1 and Sniper at the Gates?

by Cagey898

DanKensington

No, Enemy At The Gates is not a documentary, blocking detachments did not machine-gun retreating troops, nor were untrained conscripts sent into battle with one man getting a rifle and the other getting the ammunition; all of the above is tired old German-Soviet War myth, as explained by u/Georgy_K_Zhukov.