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Ballet Russe!
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Soviet Union.--Stalingrad Germany |
| Description | World War II cartoon shows masses of German soldiers with drawn bayonets charging toward Stalingrad, which is in flames. A skeleton holds a paper reading, "Mounting German Casualties." Hitler, watching from the sidelines, says, "That's not the way it went at Compiegne." After a lightning attack, the Germans had overwhelmed the French in 1940, resulting in the surrender of France at Compiègne. Hitler expected a blitzkrieg attack on Stalingrad in the summer of 1942 would produce the same results with the Soviet Union, but Russian troops showed unexpected resistance, eventually driving the Germans back. The battle for Stalingrad marked the turning point in the German-Soviet struggle. The Ballet Russe was a famous Russian dance company in the first part of the twentieth century. Berryman suggests that the German maneuvers constitute a kind of macabre dance. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Surrenders--French--Germany. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Stalingrad, Battle of, 1942-1943. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--German--Soviet Union.--Stalingrad. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo--1940-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
