Tag Archives: 4th Panzer Army
The Anniversary of Disaster: Stalingrad 67 Years Later
Madonna of Stalingrad: Drawn by a German Chaplain and physician the piece was taken out of the city by one of the last officers to get out. It is now displayed in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin Sunday … Continue reading
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The Battle that Wasn’t Necessary: Kursk 1943
The Battle of Kursk was the climactic battle on the Eastern Front from which the Germans never recovered. It was a battle that should not have been fought, at least at the time that it was fought. It was high … Continue reading
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Manstein’s Counter-Stroke: Pulling Victory from Certain Defeat
Introduction After Stalingrad the Soviets followed up on their success and attempted to entrap the rest of Army Group South. Field Marshall von Manstein attempted to save the Army Group and perhaps prevent the Soviets from collapsing the entire German … Continue reading
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Stalingrad
Note: This post is another of my papers from my MA in History course that I have reworked some for this site. The focus is on how the Germans and Russians fought the Stalingrad campaign. In particular in the way … Continue reading
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