That night, the temperature plummeted to thirty below. The silence was heavier than the shelling. From the German lines, the faint, haunting melody of a mouth organ drifted across the ruins. It was a Christmas carol— Stille Nacht .
A term used by German soldiers to describe the brutal, close-quarters urban combat where every room and cellar had to be fought for. Stalingrado
A sudden, sharp crack echoed through the square. Sasha flinched as a bullet sparked off the stone an inch from his head. That night, the temperature plummeted to thirty below