Survivors Of Stalingrad : Part 2

For educational purposes

Throughout the summer of 1942 the German 6th Army slowly ground its way towards the capture of Stalingrad.

Deep behind the Russian lines, preparations were already under way for a massive counteroffensive to be launched on November 19.

Which would doom 6th Army's effort an spell the collapse of the whole German campaign in the south.

The terrible ferocity of the fighting in the ruined city plumbed the depths of human suffering the iron grip of a Russian winter.

After the battle the wretched survivors of a beaten German army emerged from their hiding places and surrendered to the Red army.