Wolfram von Richthofen23 August 1942
Carpet bombs Stalingrad with 1,600 sorties & 1,000 tons of bombs
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Carpet bombs Stalingrad with 1,600 sorties & 1,000 tons of bombs
Diverted to the Stalingrad Front with 1,200 planes
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