Stalingrad

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Stalingrad
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Karen and Mindy
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning
point in World War II and is considered the
bloodiest battle in recorded human history. The
battle was marked by the brutality and disregard
for military and civilian casualties on both
sides. The battle is taken to include the German
siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad
(today Volgograd), the battle inside the city,
and the Soviet counter- offensive which
eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth
Army and other Axis forces in and around the
city. Total casualties are estimated to be over 2
million. The Axis powers lost large numbers of
men and equipment, and never fully recovered
from the defeat. For the Soviets, who also
suffered great losses during the battle, the
victory at Stalingrad marked the start of the
liberation of the Soviet Union, leading to
eventual victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
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On August 21, 1942, the battle of
Staling- rad, USSRbegan, lasting 7 months and
final- ly ending in a bloody defeat for the
Germans, and a decisive Soviet victory, on
February 2, 1943 Another important date, is
the beginning of Operation Blau (operation
blue)n advance of German troops through Russian
Steppes into the Caucasus to capture vital Soviet
oil fields. This advance started on the 7th of
May, 1942, all the way to the 18th of
November, the
same year.
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The battle of Stalingrad began in the
Southern part of Russia in what is today,
Volgograd. Volgograd is located in the
Northern Caucasus District and currently has a
population of 1,011,417 people, compared to the
hundreds dead due to the
bloody massacre that we know
now as the Battle of Stali-
ngrad. The battle took place inside
the city, mainly at the gates.
lt-- Stalingrad (Volgograd) coat of Arms
battle inside the city --gt
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Although Germany had just suffered a great loss
in a recent Battle, the Fuhrer, Adolph Hitler,
decided to move eastward, believing that the area
had used up its resources due to the recent hard
winter, and therefore was unable to defend
itself. Fortunately, or unfortunately, however
you want to look at it, Russia (then, the Soviet
Union) fought back hard receiving a victory in
battle. (nobody learns, dont mess with Russia in
Winter!)
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Approximately 2,000,000 deaths occurred in
those 7 months, Over 400,000 of the deaths
were German Soldiers alone. But these deaths
were not all from battle wounds. Some of the
soldiers died of malnutrition, disease, and
famineespecially in POW campssomething the
Russians hated with a passion, they would rather
die than be a POW.
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Rudi Wagner
Division
29th Motorized infantry

During the Stalingrad battle, Mr.
Wagner was an
Unteroffizier in the 29th
Motorized Infantry Division. He was
part of the
command staff of the 13th (Infantry
Gun) Company, Infantry
Regiment 71
(Motorized) and fought in the southern
approaches and in the
city of Stalingrad.
He was wounded on September 23,
1942, and did not return to the battle and was
posted on the Germanys Western front until the
end of the war.
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Artur Groth
Mr. Groth came to
the United States in
1951 under the auspices of the German-
American Society. He was born
in Narden,
Germany, a farming community on the coast
of the North Sea. He was
drafted in 1941 and
went to the front following a short
training period. While he and his
fellow soldiers were in Russian territory, Mr.
Groth was wounded in his right leg by shrapnel
from a grenade, he was then sent to the hospital
where he eventually spent 18 months. "That was
quite a day" he remarked. "in the morning i had
been hit by a shell fragment in the helmet. i
considered this my last warning and sure enough,
i was wounded before the day was over. when he
was sent back to the front, Germany was in
control of almost all of Europe.
Mr. Wagner was asked a total of 150
questions, all having to do with his memory of
the battle. This was his most memorable week We
travel along a long flat dirt road for a while
and came across Otto and his motorcycle parked on
the side of the road near an abandoned Russian
tank. We stop for a while and talked to him. He
said that he was returning from his mission when
he got caught-up in one the rocket attacks. He
said that a few of the rounds landed near him and
that he and the motorcycle had landed in a ditch
on their sides. He continued to tell the
reporter about his friend Otto, who unfortunately
died as a result of enemy rockets, where they
buried him among others out in the Stalingrad
countryside.
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And of Course, Karens Wonderful Grandpa, Artur
Groth ?