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Originally posted by General der Infanterie Friedrich H:
250.000 men inside Stalingrad were going to be sacrificed to save those other 450.000.  [/QB]
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Yes,if within a few days after Uran started Germans begin a breakout toward Don,they could save themselfs.From positions today it was folly not to do so,but was practicaly impossible for high command then to decide within hours to leave the city they bled all autmn to sieze to the enemy..I mean a month prior to Uran Hitler declares comlete victory and even victory meddals vere already made.
There was a plan to help out Mainstein,but only if he could come close enough.Still mobile and fully armed units were assemeled from entire 6th army to do this,but they had fuel for only 30 kilometers.As Mainstein was stopped earlier they decide that even greater disaster will happen if they try to push through...sissies
First goal of operation 'blau' were the oil fields on Caucaus..As they were stopped in the mountains on road to Baku,Hitler turned on Stalingrad(a route for caucaus oil toward Russia) to deprive the Soviets of the oil he couldn't take.