The Last Fifteen

The German 3rd Battalion, Infanterie Regiment 194 fought through Stalingrad’s suburbs, the Main Railway Station, Red Square, and finally to within sight of the Volga. Their rapid advance across the cratered landscape and the fierce resistance the neighboring battalions ran into, left them isolated. Captain Münch ordered his last …

1942-09-15

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The German 3rd Battalion, Infanterie Regiment 194 fought through Stalingrad’s suburbs, the Main Railway Station, Red Square, and finally to within sight of the Volga. Their rapid advance across the cratered landscape and the fierce resistance the neighboring battalions ran into, left them isolated. Captain Münch ordered his last able-bodied fifteen fighters into a U-shaped house and neighboring buildings. On the top floor he could see the ferry landings, the umbilical cords of Soviet resistance. Sensing the inevitable counterattack, Münch set his men to work gathering every piece of wood and stone to fortify the buildings.

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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