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While the German army was penetrating deeply into Russia, he believed that victory was not far away and dreamed of returning home with medals. He wrote them throughout the battle of Stalingrad. 10521 V, to Hetti Kaminskaya, December 29, 1942. We are absolutely exhausted; our regiment now has barely the strength of a company. .. . If we lose this war, theyll take revenge on us for Battle of Stalingrad, seen as the bloodiest fights in WWII, and perhaps, in whole history of war. Two Soldiers, Two Lost Fronts: German War Diaries of the Stalingrad and North Africa Campaigns by Don A. Gregory; William R. Gehlen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Our companys interpreter has interrogated a captured Russian officer. The interviews were recorded in Stalingrad, during the final stage of the battle and its immediate aftermath. At the beginning he seems hopeful and excited, towards the end his tone gets darker. One day I shot Being German, I am of course also susceptible to Stalingrads towering place in German collective memory. .. The film is the second German movie to portray the Battle of Stalingrad. An unlucky number. by Oleg Grigoryev 21 Aug 2003, 22:05, Post Germans and Russians battled with dogged ferocity over every part of the city; 99 percent of Stalingrad was reduced to rubble. Among the Allied nations, and also in towns and ghettos occupied by the Germans, people were euphoric about the Red Armys ability to withstand the German onslaught and strike back. This is simply unbelievable. After the Stalingrad campaign, Hitler ordered that Soviet-style political officers the so-called commissars be introduced into the Wehrmacht. August 23. . In the daytime we can see the smoke of fires, at night time the bright glow. From the diary of Field Gendarmerie Sergeant Helmut 16:56 GMT 17 Jun 2021. . Ultimately, the invasion forced Adolf Hitler's troops to fight a war on two fronts, leading to their defeat in the Second World War. by PAK 21 Aug 2003, 22:11, Post a magpie and cooked it. At the crossroads of Krasnopiterskaya and KomosomolskayaStreets we accupied a three storey building on the corner. December 3. Three questions are obsessing every soldier and officer: When will the Russians stop firing and let us sleep in peace, if only for one night? Then the terrible struggles in . . 87th Artillery Regiment of the 113th Infantry Division, no. The diary was turned over to the military intelligence unit of the 62nd Army, and several . In the opening months of the campaign German forces dug deep into Soviet occupied territory - led by Panzer armies which encircled large Soviet forces at Minsk and Smolens. Confessions of the Enemy.. .. The author, Gottlob Bidermann, an 18-year-old private in the 132d Infantry Division takes us through the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, across the Dnieper and battles in the Crimea, engagements around Leningrad and retreat through Riga to the Baltic (Kurland Pocket). . December 18.The officers today told the soldiers to be prepared for action. October 5. . Our regiment has failed to break into the factory. Dozhd TV channel taken off air in some markets, January He banked on the psychological blow that the fall of Stalins city, which is what Stalingrad literally means, would deliver to Stalin. Leutnant Sander served in the 6th Panzer Division which invaded the Soviet Union by rolling over the border of Lithuania in June 1941. . After seeing many colleagues killed and horrifically maimed from driving through a minefield he wrote: 'I have had enough. Yet Stalingrad never fell. 1st Battalion of the 227th Infantry Regiment of the 100th Light Infantry and December of 1942 and the first half of January 1943. superiority in the Pacific. The military history YouTube channel The Armchair Historian opens their episode on the Battle of Stalingrad with the line "The average lifespan of a soldier in Stalingrad was just 24 hours.". themselves. . The following entries in the diary of William Hoffman, a German soldier who perished at Stalingrad, reveal the decline in German confidence as the battle progressed. Our regiment, and the whole division, are today celebrating victory. Dr. Michal Shapira is a senior lecturer in history and gender studies at Tel Aviv University. the war. military publishing house of the Peoples Commissariat of the Defence of the . Jochen Hellbeck is a leading historian of the Soviet period who teaches at Rutgers University in New Jersey. To this day, the Russian state and the Russian people commemorate the battle intensely. By the time it was realized that the army could not be relieved by outside forces it was too late, while few of the Germans made . Fritz is telling me about a conversation he heard: the soldiers prefer to defect or surrender to captivity. Februar 1943 endet die Schlacht von Stalingrad. . But now we have to roam around this horrible Russia, and for what? Heziel Pitogo is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE. by Whisper 21 Aug 2003, 19:07, Post Diary Entries Of a German Soldier at Stalingrad Heartfeltzero 5,108 Views 4d via iPhone The entries were written by William Hoffman. Fanaticism. . . 55 was specifically designed to encourage Germans to desert, and, although the stark injunction - 'If German soldiers and officers give themselves up, the Red Army must take them prisoner and spare their lives' - was not exactly reassuring, Red Army propaganda did become more sophisticated in the course of the battle of . The elevator is occupied not by men but by devils that no flames or bullets can destroy. contained an ultimatum. . Tomorrow, exactly tomorrow, October 6, 1942, we will be on the other side of the river . . $152,972. convinced that they cant stop us. .. Bernd Wegner, professor of history of the Bundeswehr Academy: "Stalingrad is perhaps the only battle of the Second World War, at the mention of which every German will tremble even today. In them, Leutnant Sander described in harrowing detail the barbaric deaths of both German comrades and Russian soldiers, with as many as 15 men executed before his eyes on one occasion. Behind them is theVolga. It was night but we saw many crosses with our helmets on top. September 1942. A big turning point for Leutnant Sander came on October 2 when many tanks were destroyed in a minefield near Wjasma, between Smolensk and Moscow. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. The battalion is suffering heavy losses. All Rights Reserved In addition, almost 1 million Soviet women served in the Red Army during World War II, half of them as ordinary soldiers and the other as nurses, phone operators, or laundrywomen. September 22. Russian resistance in the elevator has been broken. Army will require huge effort and a lot of time. In what way was it a battle that changed world history? We are all by Christmas. 27800, to his parents, November 20, 1942. Less than twenty miles to go to Stalingrad. We are on hunger rations and waiting for the rescue that the Fuhrer promised. The soldiers on record dont know what will come next, and when and how the war will end. He wrote of the terrible injuries suffered by two men in particular. . I briefly jump onto the tank to look at Weigand. the rest were wounded and killed. 'They have only recently been discovered, clearly they were not meant to be seen by anyone as much of the content could have gotten the author into severe trouble.'. 15. These historians hoped that the published interviews would mobilize readers for the war. I will wait to pass judgement until I read it though. 4 pages, ebook First published January 1, 1942 Book details & editions About the author William Hoffman " The Russians lauded the 'everyday heroism' of their troops, while the Germans cast the Soviet soldiers as subhuman beings who fought without any respect for life, even their own. Soviet soldiers found the diary in December 1942 or January 1943, probably among the possessions of its deceased owner. Stalingrad is a grave for the German soldiers. Post Schwarz, 10th Company of the 131st Infantry Regiment of the 44th Infantry The violence and the horror during the fighting for Stalingrad were ferocious. 'I myself alone counted 15 men who were lying in a ditch.'. With virtually all men of fighting age serving in the Red Army, it fell to women to run the Soviet war economy. 'As soon Rob came to us with an unpublished multi-volume wartime diary that he had discovered we knew we had found our approach. The battle is remembered for ferocious street fighting. number of soldiers cemeteries is growing .. hellish place once and for all. . This fightback, coupled with the fact that the Germans were not prepared for the horrendous conditions of the Russian winter, led to Nazi forces retreating westwards from late 1941 onwards. The following entries in the diary of William Hoffman, a German soldier who perished at Stalingrad, reveal the decline in German confidence as the battle progressed. October 22. . September 11 . . The entry was written at the end of July, a month before Stalingrad. This could not fail to influence our decision. . by Odessa2 21 Aug 2003, 19:09, Post This was before the tide turned. If only the days and nights would pass more quickly . The Russians are firing on allsides. Six thousand survived, returning to Germany after the war. The Battle of Stalingrad put an end to Hitlers dream of world domination and made it clear that it was only a matter of time before Nazi Germany would capitulate. Hetti, I have already cut up four dogs, yet my comrades cant eat their fill. "German Soldiers World War II letters"--Vermit in Stalingrad - Dieter Peeters 2005 Am 2. In the blocks captured two days ago Russian soldiers appeared from somewhere or other and fighting has flared up with fresh vigour. They begin with the attack on the city, highlight the drama of the German soldiers who held out in encirclement, and conclude with the 100,000 surviving Germans who fell into Soviet captivity. Recently, the Orthodox Church has incorporated Stalingrad into its prayers, even though the church was hardly present during the battle itself. We had no peace all night from the Russian artillery and aero planes. . How wonderfully we could live if it werent for this damned war! He was so disillusioned that he predicted that Germany would lose the Second World War by as early as December 1941. The entire German. 6. Im sick of this. There was an enormous membership drive over the course of the war, so much so that by the end of the war, the Red Army was predominantly communist, and the party had features of a military organization. We attack on a daily basis. He was wounded, but asserted that the Russians would fight for Stalingrad to the last round. At a communist youth meeting held in her memory a few days later, several young women spoke, vowing to fight the Germans just as Lyolya had. . August 25, 1942. . Making up for colossal losses in people, equipment and ammunition The number of soldiers cemeteries is growing .. November 19. After months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, German forces (numbering now only about 91,000 surviving soldiers) surrender at Stalingrad on the Volga. By the end he is starving to death as is everyone around him. by Odessa2 21 Aug 2003, 19:03, Post But what I find most striking about the memory of Stalingrad is how little, by comparison, it seems to affect state leaders and publics outside of Russia. I highly recommend the Book "Forgotten Soldier". On the morning of January 10 we read a pamphlet that contained an ultimatum. The weather is getting In Germany everyone believes we already hold Stalingrad. We are advancing towards Stalingrad along the railway line. 30 men in the company. . 'For the first time in a documentary series we are letting the voice of a soldier be the narrator. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The commander has congratulated us on our victory. Nov. 3, 2010 -- August 26, 1916, Guillemont, Somme region, northeastern France: "In front of my hole lies an Englishman who fell there yesterday. Why is that? October 3. At the end of February,the Russian 3D film, Stalingrad,will have a one-week engagement in theaters across the United States; Stalingrad became Russias box office record holder in 2013, grossing $66 million in its six-week run. There is no way out, nor will there be a way out, of the cauldron. But it is for . . 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