Russia to mark 70 years since Battle of Stalingrad

02-02-13, 02:29 PM

Battle for Stalingrad aftermath

Jimbuna · 02-02-13, 02:57 PM

Little coverage of this momentous date at all in our media, except a short report on the BBC the other night. All Geman military activity had petered out completely by Feb 2nd. From the German 6th Army- same guys seen marching in triumph through Paris in 1940 newsreels- of about 91,000 POWs captured, only 5-6000 ever made it back to Germany after 7-12 years in Soviet prison camps. Around 1.7-2 million Axis and Soviet casualties in total over the 6 months of the battle.

02-02-13, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Little coverage of this momentous date at all in our media, except a short report on the BBC the other night. All Geman military activity had petered out completely by Feb 2nd. From the German 6th Army- same guys seen marching in triumph through Paris in 1940 newsreels- of about 91,000 POWs captured, only 5-6000 ever made it back to Germany after 7-12 years in Soviet prison camps. Around 1.7-2 million Axis and Soviet casualties in total over the 6 months of the battle.

BtW German POW's were forced to rebuild Stalingrad during prison time..

02-02-13, 02:57 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Little coverage of this momentous date at all in our media, except a short report on the BBC the other night. All Geman military activity had petered out completely by Feb 2nd. From the German 6th Army- same guys seen marching in triumph through Paris in 1940 newsreels- of about 91,000 POWs captured, only 5-6000 ever made it back to Germany after 7-12 years in Soviet prison camps. Around 1.7-2 million Axis and Soviet casualties in total over the 6 months of the battle. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-02-13, 02:29 PM	#1
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