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No greenery remained. Chuikov takes over command of Stalingrad Subordinate to Zhukov Chuikov is amazed by what has happened to Stalingrad. Fight for the railway station. Red Army pushed to the very edge of the Volga Germans attacked the central railway station - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
No greenery remained
Chuikov takes over command of Stalingrad
Subordinate to Zhukov
Chuikov is amazed by what has happened to Stalingrad
Fight for the railway station
Red Army pushed to the very edge of the Volga
Germans attacked the central railway station
Changed hands fifteen times in three days
Resembled an earthquake
The city resembled the aftermath of an earthquake
“Bitter fighting”
Soviet Advantage
Fighting at night benefited the Soviets
“Bitter fighting”
The mentality of the soldiers
Stalingrad defies military explanation
Chuikov inspired his men
All this was watched by Zhukov as he planned Operation Uranus
Operation Uranus
1 million Russian soldiers
14,000 heavy artillery
1000 tanks
Operation Uranus
November 19, 1942
First fully prepared Soviet attack of the Second World War
Aimed at the weaker Romanian forces
Uranus pinched
Within four days Soviet forces surround the Germans
The Russian pincer movement works and the two Russian forces meet 100km west of Stalingrad
Germans trapped
Hitler orders Paulus to remain near Stalingrad
The Luftwaffe promised to supply the German Army with food
A field marshal never surrenders
Paulus is promoted to Field Marshall
Hitler did this expecting Paulus to kill himself rather than surrender
Paulus is captured in a cellar the next day
Results of Stalingrad
Germans finally suffered a defeat in the war’
Their mantra of being an invincible army was shattered
Provided a morale boost for the allied nations