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Title
The Commissar House
Description
During the last major attack by the German óth Army to capture Stalingrad, a formidable structure known as the Commissar House (Kommissarhaus) was targeted as one of the key points near the Volga River. With the temperature at minus 25 …
Publisher
Date
1942-11-11
Scenario#
41
Scenario Description
During the last major attack by the German óth Army to capture Stalingrad, a formidable structure known as the Commissar House (Kommissarhaus) was targeted as one of the key points near the Volga River. With the temperature at minus 25 degrees on the morning of the 13th, Pionier Battalion 45, attached to Sturm Kompanie 44, attacked the structure. Facing them, the remnants of Russian 650th Rifle Regiment stiffened their resolve to deny this fortress to the Germans. The fighting was vicious: the Germans eventually forced their way in but the Russians never surrendered control of the house, they were prepared to fight without ammunition to the last man.
Location
Stalingrad, Russia
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
In the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. Marked by fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, it is one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with an estimated 2 million total casualties. After their defeat at Stalingrad, the German High Command had to withdraw considerable military forces from the Western Front to replace their losses. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad, a major industrial and transport hub on the Volga River that ensured Soviet access to the Caucasus oil wells, began in August 1942, using the 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. The attack was supported by intense Luftwaffe bombing that reduced much of the city to rubble. The battle degenerated into house-to-house fighting, as both sides poured reinforcements into the city. By mid-November, the Germans had pushed the Soviet defenders back at great cost into narrow zones along the west bank of the river.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
Russians

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