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Stalingrad: Chances for a Breakout?

Of all the debates about the Battle of Stalingrad, perhaps none causes more controversy than the question of whether or not the Sixth Army would have been able to break-out of the Soviet encirclement. Some people argue that the break-out had good chances. Yet, this is highly debatable. Historically, a very large number of German generals suggested an outbreak during the crisis, yet, it never happened due to objections of Hitler. Nevertheless, the question remains if a breakout could have been successful if immediate action had been taken. To properly assess this question we need to take a look at the combat power of German troops at Stalingrad, their logistics, mobility and some other factors, before the encirclement happened. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » tumblr - http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. » SOURCES « Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: Armageddon in Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 2: September-November 1942. University Press of Kansas: United States, 2009. amazon.com link (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2y15l25 Amazon.de link(affiliate): https://amzn.to/2QtHuyy Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: Endgame at Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 3: Book One: November 1942. University Press of Kansas: United States, 2014. amazon.com link (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2Nm5rpJ Amazon.de link(affiliate): https://amzn.to/2RmVCLk Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2015 amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2MmsmSu amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2JzwKzL Wettstein, Adrian E.: Die Wehrmacht im Stadtkampf 1939-1943. Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, 2014. amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2QwSY4F Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 6. Der globale Krieg – Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel der Initiative 1941 bis 1943, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, 1990 Amazon.de link(affiliate): https://amzn.to/2RrO75J Germany and the Second World War – Volume 6 – The Global War Amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2iSsxut Hartmann, Christian: Wehrmacht im Ostkrieg. Front und militärisches Hinterland 1941/42. De Gruyter Oldenbourg: 2010. amazon.com link (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2E9EmqD Amazon.de link(affiliate): https://amzn.to/2RqO8a8 DiNardo, R.L.: Mechanized Juggernaut or Military Anachronism. Horses and the German Army of WWII. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, USA, 2009. amazon.com link (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2OEmmIL Amazon.de link(affiliate): https://amzn.to/2P8s1DX Wette, Wolfram (Hrsg.); Ueberschär, Gerd R. (Hrsg.): Stalingrad – Mythos und Wirklichkeit einer Schlacht. Fischer: Frankfurt am Main, 1992. Amazon.de link (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2mUdyk5 Ausbildungsvorschrift für die Panzertruppe – Führung und Kampf der Panzergrenadiere – Heft 1 – Das Panzergrenadier-Battaillon (gp.) – H.Dv. 298/3a (5. 8. 1944) Klatt, Paul: BAKALOWO – Ausbruch au seiner Einschließung – Ukraine 1944; in: Truppendienst – Gefechtsbeispiele aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, S. 207-2014 » DISCLAIMER « As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen. » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate. » DATA CHAIN « Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Made with GeoHack Data. https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone #ww2 #stalingrad #militaryhistory

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Michael Brewer

I kept waiting for an assessment of the combatants' relative air superiority as a factor in deciding whether a breakout could have succeeded. As I listened to this very impressive and well-researched presentation, I couldn't help but think of how an American force of that era would have approached a similar rescue of a trapped army. I can't imagine any American attempt which would not have been based on hellfire raining down from the skies and jabos buzzing over anything that moved. Of course, this fantasy doesn't represent the German/Russian situation under consideration, but I still can't imagine any debate or attempt at a breakout that didn't include heavy involvement from the air forces of both combatants. In short, where the hell were the airplanes?

Military History Visualized

Well, if you can't march out, it doesn't matter if you have air superiority or not, which the Germans did not have anymore. After the encirclement the Soviets for the first time established an effective air defense.

Michael Brewer

That's-a what I wanted to know. Have to add, though, that the marching out part's a hell of a lot easier if you have solid air superiority. Maybe you lose half or more, but at least not everyone starves to death. The 'starving to death' part seems worse to me than taking whatever chance their was of getting some of your people out of there. At least when they die, they die quicker...and fighting.