Paul Goldfinger still image taken from a Netflix doc. about Stalingrad . The German 6th Army was trapped, buried under the snow of a cruel Russian winter. All photos from a Netflix documentary
German soldiers at that battle were dying at the rate of thousands each day; many of starvation or exposure. They tried to maintain their courage, but Hitler lied to them, and relief never arrived. Paul Goldfinger still image of German soldiers who finally knew that they were doomed..
German soldiers began their invasion giddy with success. But at Stalingrad they eventually knew that it was over for them. They wrote letters home, but their promises to return by 1942 Christmas were unfulfilled. Paul Goldfinger still photo.
Stalingrad. German losses were huge. Their wounded received little care as they languished and then died.
Photos and text by Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove, NJ, USA.
Still images are from a Netflix documentary about this historic battle. After several million German military slashed their way across the Russian steppes during “Operation Barbarossa—6/22/41,” Hitler decided to divide his army which was headed to the Russian oilfields and send half to take Stalingrad. The Germans almost captured the city, but the viscious winter of ’42 into ’43 stopped the Germans cold.
The Russians rallied and trapped the 6th Army, an elite force. The numbers of Russian troops and tanks seemed endless. The Germans were running out of food, supplies, gasoline, sleep, warm clothes, ammunition and reinforcements.
By January 1943, the total destruction of the 6th Army was at hand and this was the beginning of the end for Nazis ambitions to conquer Russia. And all hopes to return to Germany for Christmas had been dashed.
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