Stalingrad (level)/Transcript

Briefing
Borodin: Comrades of the Soviet Union, almost one year has passed since the German invaders set foot upon the soil of the Motherland. They have advanced deep into the Soviet Union, capturing city after city, raping, murdering, and robbing the Soviet people. Although our situation grows desperate, we have one last hope of defense. The city that bears our great leader's name. Stalingrad! Comrades, many of your countrymen are already there, defying the Germans at every step. Soon, you will stand alongside them, and you will not fail to defeat our fascist enemies. No one shall take even one step backwards. Commissars will execute cowards on sight, giving faithful soldiers a chance to do their duty. The Motherland is counting on you to achieve victory at Stalingrad.

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A propoganda poster.

Order *227 by the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR

It is time to stop the retreat. Not a single step back! This shall be our slogan from now on. We must protect every strongpoint and every metre of Soviet soil stubbornly to the last droplet of blood. We shall grab every piece of our soil and defend it as long as it is possible. The Germans are not as strong as the panic-mongers say. They are stretching their strength to the limit. To withstand their blow now means to ensure victory in the future.

All who retreat without orders from above are traitors of the Motherland and will be treated as such. Panic-mongers, traitors, and cowards are to be exterminated on sight. To fulfill this order means to defend this country, to save our Motherland, and to destroy and overcome the hated enemy. This is the call of our Motherland.

The People's Commission for Defense

Joseph Stalin

Stalingrad
 Volga River, Stalingrad   September 18, 1942   1100 hrs  ''Alexei Ivanovich Voronin is in a boat with other Red Army soldiers. A Comissar is giving a speech.''

Commissar: Comrades! This day will be the proudest day you have ever lived! You will fight the fascist Nazi invaders with all your strength! For each and every fallen Soviet soldier, you will make them pay with ten of theirs! There will be no mercy for defeatists, cowards or traitors! Anyone caught deserting his post will be shot! Remember great Comrade Stalin's order - not one step backwards! You will be well equipped for the battles that lie ahead. You will have food, water, weapons, and plenty ammunition! What do you suppose the Germans have?