Battle+OF+Stalingrad

​-BATTLE OF STALINGRAD- By The One and Only -AVINASH- __-THE LOW DOWN-__ > > >
 * F ought during the winter of 1942-1943
 * German Commander: Friedrich Paulus
 * Assisted the 4th Panzer Army
 * Primary task: Secure the oil fields in the Caucasus by taking over Stalingrad
 * The directive was "to reach Stalingrad itself, __or__ at least to cover it with heavy artillery, so that it would no longer be an industrial/transportation center".
 * Stalingrad was the center of Russia's communications; control this tower=control of Russia.
 * Stalin's orders to Russia: "Not a step backwards"


 * On July 28, 1942, in a desperate attempt to stop the collapse, Stalin issued "order 227" that "every granule of Soviet soil must be stubbornly defended to the last drop of blood

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 * Russians had been destroyed by the power of German tactic [|//Blitzkrieg//]
 * Known as "Lightning War"
 * Tactic was based on speed and suprise
 * Created to hit hard and move instantly[[image:blitzkrieg-wallpaper.jpg align="right"]]



<span style="display: block; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">__-__ __THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD-__
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 120%;">September 1942, The German Army Advanced On The City


 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 120%;">Individual streets were fought in hand-to-hand combat

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 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 120%;">German captured a great deal of the cities
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Germans failed to assert their authority
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Streets taken by Germans in the day were taken by Russians by night
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Descended into what was known as one of the most brutal battles of WWI
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 120%;">Russians Regain Strength (Marshall Zhukov)
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">November 19th, Russians were able to hold a position, whereby they could launch a counter-offensive.
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 121%;">Marshal Zhukov used 6 armies of 1 million men to surround the city
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">The bulk of the 6th army had been used to trap the Germans in Stalingrad

<span style="display: block; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">-VICTORY FOR RUSSIA- > >
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">How did they win?
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Unable to break Zhukov's trap, Germans were forced to face the winter
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Average Temp: -15*C or 5*F
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Food, Ammunition, and Supplies slowly faded away
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">January 1943
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">German had no choice but to surrender
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Paulus surrendered the army in the southern sector Jan. 31st
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">General Schreck surrendered the northern group Feb 2nd, 1943
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">Unfortunate Losses
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Complete army group was destroyed
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">91,000 Germans were captured

<span style="display: block; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">-PARALLELS TO ANIMAL FARM-

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​ <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;"> by suprise and reduce their numbers || <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Frederick had fifteen of his men storm through with 1/2 a dozen guns and open fired as soon as they reached 15 yards (71) ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">__Battle of Stalingrad__ || __<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 130%;">Battle of Windmill __ ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Germans used the tactic of Blitzkreig to catch the Russians
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">During Stalingrad, when enemies were within close vicinity to each other, hand-to-hand combat was performed. || <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">The men fired again and again, and, when animals go to close to quarters they lashed out using sticks, and their heavy boots ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Russians flanked the Germans and surrounded them to assure victoy || <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Napoleon flanked Frederick's men, forcing them to run for their life, as they moved right down to the bottom of the field. ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Russians had won in the end, but the city of Stalingrad had sustained immense damage || <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Napoleon's men had won the battle, but men were severly hurt and the Windmill was destroyed ||

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