Battle of Stalingrad
The south west & Stalingrad fronts link up, 330,000 Germans are encircled. Hitler orders "Where the German Soldier sets his foot, there he remains"
Battle of Stalingrad
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1942
Battle of Stalingrad
The Stalingrad fronts link up, 330,000 Germans are encircled. Hitler orders the 6th Army to hold their position
Battle of Stalingrad
Sets the Panzers rolling to relieve Paulus trapped 6th Army. Manstein is 30 miles away from Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
Following the success of Operation Uranus, the Red Army began Operation Saturn, to cut off Army Group A and all troops east of Rostov.During the German relief operation at Stalingrad, Soviet forces had been redeployed, lesser objectives substituted, and the operation renamed "Little Saturn".
Battle of Stalingrad
Spearheaded by some of the first Tiger tanks, the offensive got within 48 km (30 mi) of the southern 6th Army front, but the Germans made no attempt to break out.
Battle of Stalingrad
The attack fell on Eighth Italian Army and the remnants of 3rd Romanian Army, and led to the destruction of most of Eighth Army. A relief operation called Operation Winter Storm began.
Battle of Stalingrad
The failure was followed by a siege that lasted for almost three months, during which 6th Army was destroyed
Battle of Stalingrad
Zhukov drives Hoths army back across Kotelnikov
Battle of Stalingrad
Zhukov drives the Germans back from the north & sth. Supply lines can no longer reach Paulus on land
Battle of Stalingrad
Commands the 4th Panzer Army at the Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
Claims the Luftwaffe can supply the encircled German army at Stalingrad by air
1943
Battle of Stalingrad
Rokossovsky sends in a request for the German 6th Army to surrender, this is refused
Battle of Stalingrad
Put in command of the air supply of Stalingrad by Hitler, Goerings deputy
Battle of Stalingrad
The last German airfield at Gumrak is captured
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians offer Paulus the chance to surrender but Hitler rejects the offer
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians offer Paulus the chance to surrender but Hitler rejects the offer
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler promotes Paulus to Field Marshal because no Field Marshal has ever surenderred
Battle of Stalingrad
Makes Paulus Field Marshal because a German Field Marshal has never been captured
Battle of Stalingrad
The Germans have lost 600,000 & the Russians 400,000. Paulus surrenders the 6th Army at the Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
Paulus, with 25 other generals, surrenders to the Russians
Battle of Stalingrad
The remainder of the German forces in Stalingrad lay down their arms
Battle of Stalingrad
The disaster at Stalingrad was the end of Case Blue and the territorial gains had been reversed by the end of 1943, except for the Kuban bridgehead on the Taman peninsula, retained for a possible second offensive to the Caucasus, which was held until 9 October 1943
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