Cellar Dwellers

The remnants of Captain Gerhard Munch’s 3rd Battalion had occupied the U-shaped State Bank building since September 14. The Russians counterattacked on the night of September 15th with a company of submachinegunners and managed to break into the cellar. The arrival of daylight made escape impossible, and Munch’s men …

1942-09-17

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The remnants of Captain Gerhard Munch’s 3rd Battalion had occupied the U-shaped State Bank building since September 14. The Russians counterattacked on the night of September 15th with a company of submachinegunners and managed to break into the cellar. The arrival of daylight made escape impossible, and Munch’s men had the stairwells blocked, trapping the Russians in the cellar. This posed a dilemma for Munch, as his severely weakened battalion did not have enough infantry to make an assault on the cellar, yet they could not allow the Russians to remain.

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.

German

Russian

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