Showing posts with label Stalingrad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stalingrad. Show all posts
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - German forces were getting ready to attack Stalingrad. The Russians, already devastated by the power of the Blitzkrieg during Operation Barbarossa, had to make a stand especially as the city was named after the Russian leader, Joseph Stalin.
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - Heavy fighting continues all around the perimeter of the Stalingrad Kessel, while the decimated and starving troops of the German 6th Army receive their last rations of horse meat, the 12,000 horses in the pocket having now all been slaughtered.
On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
Monday, 19 November 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - The Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was determined to liberate the city named after him and in November he ordered massive reinforcements to the area. On 19 November, General Zhuklov launched a Soviet counteroffensive out of the rubble of Stalingrad. German command underestimated the scale of the counterattack and the 6th Army was quickly overwhelmed by the offensive which involved 500,000 Soviet troops, 900 tanks and 1400 aircraft. Within 3 days the entire German force of more than 200,000 men was encircled.
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