Bad Day for the Luftwaffe

Early in the morning of 20 September, a submachine gun-armed Sturmgruppe from Infanterie-Division 71 broke through along Moskovskaya Street and seized the main landing mole. At that moment ill fortune would have it that a flight of Stukas mistook the German troops for Soviets and subjected them to a …

1942-09-20

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Early in the morning of 20 September, a submachine gun-armed Sturmgruppe from Infanterie-Division 71 broke through along Moskovskaya Street and seized the main landing mole. At that moment ill fortune would have it that a flight of Stukas mistook the German troops for Soviets and subjected them to a devastating attack. Taking advantage of the resulting chaos, the Soviets mounted a counterattack with 100 men and 3 tanks which isolated the Sturmgruppe from the rest of its regiment. The German commander of the unit closest to the trapped Sturmgruppe immediately scraped together what troops he could to mount a relief attempt.

Stalingrad, Russia

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.

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Russian

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