The battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943

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Presentation

Pages :

9 pages

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.doc

Published date :

12/09/2008

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Introduction.
War between the two continental powers of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
The war as of June 22 1941.
1. The largest blitzkrieg offensive of all time.
2. Directive No. 21.
The fall of Kiev in September 1941.
Hitler's original plan for Stalingrad.
The new order of battle and simultaneous assaults by Army Group A and Group B.
The first German troops to cross over the Don River.
The Soviet strategy.
1. Lie in wait for, and hide, from the attacking Germans.
2. The graduates of the Stalingrad School of Street-Fighting.
3. The most effective weapons in Stalingrad.
4. The outskirts of the city.
Hitler's desperation to take Stalingrad.
1. Operation Winter Storm.
2. Field Marshal Manstein's three options for Hitler.
3. Operation Saturn.
Conclusion.

Abstract

The year is 1942. Nazi gains in the Soviet Union and North Africa have brought the Allies to the verge of destruction, while Japan continues to conquer island after island in the Pacific. Even Australia is in full panic mode, as occupied New Guinea seems likely to serve as the staging point for an invasion of that island continent.

Dire as the situation is, though, there is still hope. While far from the minds of soldiers on the ground, by spring of the following year, the entire German VI Army will be encircled and crushed, as Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus becomes the first German officer of that rank to surrender. The humiliating series of blows dealt by the Red Army would not have been a factor if it had not been for Hitler's greatest mistake: the invasion of the Soviet Union.