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Trivia: Most of the characters in the show have names taken from pop and rock music artists.

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Trivia: The actor playing Hauptmann Dietrich was born as Hans Gudegast. He later changed his name to Eric Braeden.

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Trivia: It is believed actor Christopher George's fatal heart attack in 1983 was attributed to an on-set jeep accident where George had a jeep flip and pin him, causing a cardiac contusion that never healed properly and developed scar tissue on his heart.

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Trivia: Staff Sergeant Collier's nickname, "War Daddy" is based on the nickname of real World War 2 Sherman tank commander Staff Sergeant Lafayette G. Pool, who fought with the 3rd Armored Division. Pool survived the war (though he lost a leg from his last combat operation) and died in 1991.

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Trivia: During the "Psycho" shower scene, Bugs Bunny pours a can of chocolate syrup near the drain, and the syrup swirls into the drain. In the original Hitchcock movie "Psycho", chocolate syrup was poured down the shower drain to simulate Janet Leigh's blood going down the drain after she was stabbed by Anthony Perkins.

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Trivia: The character of Kesselring is based on Field Marshall Albert Kesselring (Smiling Albert) the commander of the German troops in Italy during World War 2.

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Trivia: The Lieutenant Levitch character is a reference to Jerry Lewis' actual family name, Levitch. Jerry Lewis' birth name was Joseph Levitch.

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Trivia: Jerry Lewis' real son, Ron, plays Lieutenant Levitch in the film.

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Trivia: The film is based upon William Craig's book of the same name, yet the entire movie is based upon a sniper duel that covers no more than two pages of the entire book. German army historical records never mention an elite sniper named "Major Koenig" hunting Vassili Zaitsev at Stalingrad.

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Trivia: Michael Pena, who played Gordo, actually learned how to drive the vintage Sherman tank that was used in the film.

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Trivia: The opening battle scene is similar to the actual Battle of Idistiviso in Germania in 16 AD, pitting Roman General Germanicus Caesar against the army of Arminius, a German rebel who was, supposedly, a highly trained Roman officer who turned his loyalties back to the German tribes. Like the movie battle scenes, Germanicus used a flanking cavalry maneuver through woods to attack the Germans while the main body of his army pinned the Germans at the front.

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Trivia: The final scene of the movie is supposed to represent the escape of the remnants of Kampfgruppe Peiper, who did indeed abandon their vehicles and snuck out of the area under cover of snow and night. Unlike the movie, they did not walk back to Germany in broad daylight.

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Trivia: When the Burgermeister says the village and townspeople were terrorized "five times before", it is a reference to incidents from five Frankenstein films: Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, and House of Frankenstein.

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The Collectors - S1-E2

Trivia: Heather Menzies-Urich and Angela Cartwright appeared together in this episode and also in the original film "The Sound of Music" as Von Trapp family sisters.

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Trivia: Woody Allen's jazz band played live and recorded the score while watching the film. Woody also played lead clarinet during the session.

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To Sirloin with Love - S13-E20

Trivia: Not until this episode, one of the last episodes of the series, was Boomhauer's occupation revealed - a Texas Ranger.

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Man Out Of Time - S1-E5

Trivia: This episode reveals Rem's name as an acronym for Reclective Entity, Mobile - a self-programming android unit in human form.

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Trivia: Since it is known the film crew moved the table and chairs and replaced them with a stacked set in one take, the tell-tale result of the quick switch can be seen in the disturbance of the leaves of the plants in the kitchen before Jobeth Williams turns to see the table chairs.

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Trivia: German actor Thomas Kretschmann was also in the Russian production "Stalingrad", released in 2013.

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Trivia: The scene where the Soviet tank fires its main cannon, cutting a German soldier in half, was inspired by an actual incident in William Craig's book about the battle of Stalingrad, "Enemy at the Gates."

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