TIK, on YouTube, is doing Stalingrad. If you are interested in the battle, it a worthwhile watch.
Nine parts at over 40 min. each, I viewed earlier
in the year.. Combat casualty rate on approach
to the city (eg: July/Aug) vs actually taking the
city in urban fighting is interesting... Paulus was
receiving the lowest rate of reinforcements
when casualty rate was the highest per month.
additionally, monthly reinforcement numbers
were lower than the loss rate.
The airlift to supply the encircled 6th is interesting
in that von Richthofen was upfront and said the
idea is not realistically achievable... but it seems
OKH kept stringing Paulus along with the idea.
My Dad landed with first American troops in Europe. Spent whole war in combat. He said in an equal fight, Germans always won. In A battle 3 t o 1 Germans, he said they won. He said the only reason we won is that we overwhelmed them with more of everything.
And considering German divisions at Ardennes
were well under strength in men, machines, supplies.
