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Agreed. The only thing that would have saved the 6th Army was to leave Stalingrad and the heavier equipment and go west!Unfortunately this was not possible as the politics of Hitler could not bear the thought.As well Goering was convinced that the Stalingrad pocket could be supplied by air
( The Demyansk pocket a year earlier was the example they used for excuse )...
To hold Stalingrad I donīt think they had enough forces available but the mistake was done earlier in the summer 1942 as the troops were sent into two directions, the Caucasus and Stalingrad. I donīt know if keeping the forces together would have meant victory but it would have meant bigger forces in the Stalingrad area.And more trouble for the Russians!
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