Russia to mark 70 years since Battle of Stalingrad

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Originally Posted by Troublous_Haze

it's too easy to judge historical decissions when you already know the whole picture. In early years of war Hitlers war tactics prooved to be successfull, when even greatest generals were often unsure about the success. Hitler refused the retreat of sixth army just because he couldn't believe his Blitzkrieg has been halted.

On the contrary....in the early days Hitler took the advice of his generals and the results are there in the history books but after the attempt on his life he never fully trusted them again and took on most of the tactical and strategic decisions...the rest as you rightly say is history.