Russe! Drown in the Wolga!

The defense of downtown Stalingrad rested mainly with two lightly-armed regiments of thes 10th NKVD Divisions. The Germans had broken through and seized several key buildings near the riverbank. From the upper floors of the Brewery, the State Bank, and the Specialists’ Houses the Germans were trying …

1942-09-14

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The defense of downtown Stalingrad rested mainly with two lightly-armed regiments of thes 10th NKVD Divisions. The Germans had broken through and seized several key buildings near the riverbank. From the upper floors of the Brewery, the State Bank, and the Specialists’ Houses the Germans were trying to unnerve the Soviets by firing and shouting threats such as “Russe! Russen will drown in the Wolga!” Col. Petrakov, commander of one of the regiments, knew it was critical that he keep the Germans from capturing the ferry landings before the impending arrival of the 13th Guards Division. As dusk approached, Petrakov and his sixty-odd men grimly prepared to meet the final German thrust. With their backs to the river, there would be no retreat.

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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