Battle of Stalingrad: When The Hunter Becomes The Hunted

Описание: #operationuranus #WW2
General Winter: Temperatures plunged to –40°F, freezing German guns and vehicles solid. The Soviets, better dressed and supplied for the cold, turned the icy landscape into an ally. The frozen Don River became a ready-made road for their tanks.

Fatal Decision: When the Soviet trap closed around the German Sixth Army, its commander, General Paulus, asked to break out. Hitler refused, insisting they could be supplied by air. In the deep winter, the Luftwaffe’s airlift failed disastrously — sealing the fate of 250,000 Axis troops. Overstretched lines, underprepared allies, savage weather, and Hitler’s stubborn orders turned a near-certain German victory into disaster. Stalingrad became the place where the myth of Wehrmacht invincibility died. Weak Flanks: To guard the approaches to Stalingrad, Hitler relied on Italian, Romanian, and Hungarian troops. Poorly equipped for the brutal Russian winter and armed with outdated weapons, these forces became easy targets. Soviet planners knew it — and aimed their massive pincer strike right at them. #stalingrad #KonstantinRokossovskiĭ #georgyzukhov