26c. Stopping the Axis on the East Front - Stalingrad


				26. Defeating the Axis in Africa and Europe 26c. Stalingrad - Stopping the Axis on the East Front



	26a. Stopping the Axis in Africa \| 26b. The Americans Arrive - The Allies Push the Axis out of North Africa \| 26c. Stalingrad - Stopping the Axis on the East Front \| 26d. Allied Invasion of Sicily and Italy; Kursk - Reversing the Tide on the East Front \| 26e. Air Power \| 26f. The British and the Resistance \| 26g. D-Day, 6 June 1944 \| 26h. End of the Third Reich \| 26i. Germany Post-War


		*Continued from the previous page, # 2, The Americans Arrive*



		Best viewed on Internet Explorer 7. This site was prepared in Internet Explorer 7 and thus best viewed in that programme. Note that this site, viewed in other programmes, such as Google, will present a slightly different text, often with errors, and different photos not intended by the editor. ------------- East Front The Battles of Rzhev The Unknown Battles The Meat Grinder January 8, 1942 and March 31, 1943 Rzhev, Sychyovka and Vyazma 1. Rzhev - Vyazma Strategic Offensive Operation January 8 - April 20, 1942 2. Operation Seydlitz July 2 – 23, 1942 3. First Rzhev - Sychyovka Offensive Operation July 30 – August 23, 1942 4. Second Rzhev–Sychevka Offensive Operation Operation Mars *Failed offensive, a diversion or both?* November 25 – December 20, 1942 5. Third Rzhev–Sychevka Offensive Operation March 2 - 31, 1943 *Rzhev* *The Unknown Battles* 2009 Russian documentary with English sub-titles (1:18:47) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur83MLafhlU *Soviet Storm* *World War Two in the East* *Episode 6 of 2011 documentary series Soviet Storm* (44 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnhOTwSL5pIor or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su67gOzFPQM or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_UHNcqIYEg ----------------- Europe mid-1942 On the above map, the colour purple indicates Germany and German-occupied lands - from northern and western France to the eastern Black Sea - in mid-1942.** Germany held everything from the Atlantic almost to the Caspian Sea. With Axis partners and friendly neutral countries, Germany held the Mediterranean and almost all of the Black Sea. Germany invaded eastern Europe the previous year, in June 1941, in Operation Barbarossa, and was about to invade southern Russia to the Volga River and the Caucasus Mountains in Operation Blue. Germany's second offensive in the East Operation Blue 1942 *The German (strategic summer) offensive, Operation Blue* (Fall Blau), in south Russia from 28 June to 24 November 1942. Originally planned for 7 May, the launch date was pushed back several times. Blue Moon Charlie and his Orchestra Karl ("Charlie") Schwedler, singer Lutz Templin, bandleader Lyrics by the Propagandaministerium Broadcast from Berlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt3ZfNY-taE Map shows the German advance to Stalingrad in mid-1942 and the disposition of Soviet and German troops along the Don and Volga Rivers from Voronezh in the north to Kotelnikova and Astrakhan in the south. Operations from July to November 1942. Map includes southwest Russia, the Ukraine and the Crimea. Eastern Front Animated 1942 By Eastory Animated map https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucJTYK7_Yo Erich von Manstein The Strategist Episode from the documentary series Hitler's Warriors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GknqDNzodwQ The Battle for the Crimea** Episode from the documentary series Battlefield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsqdGsDGloE *The Battle of the Caucasus* World War 2 Battles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny_-e7cG6DY Battle of Stalingrad August 23, 1942 - February 2, 1943 Stopping the Axis in the East Soviets retake Stalingrad Germans surrender Turning Point of the War in Europe 2 February 1943 *Operation Blue* July 1942 newspaper The Germans kept the city of Leningrad under siege and continued fighting about the Soviet capital of Moscow. The Germans planned a great offensive into the south of the Soviet Union for 1942. The objective of Operation Blue was to occupy the city of Rostov-on-Don and the oil fields and pipelines of Maikop, Grozny and Baku to the south. The Germans were to reach the River Don in the east. Stalingrad was not an objective initially. The Germans were slowed down by the mountainous terrain of the Caucasus and never reached Baku. The Germans were stopped about 330 miles to the northwest in November 1942. Map shows the front line within Stalingrad from 12 September to 18 November 1942. Soviet offensives from 19 November 1942 to 6 February 1943 New York Times, December 27, 1942 Map of Soviet lines and the Soviet offensive in the autumn of 1942. Soviet soldiers captured the last German positions on 2 February 1943. Red Army soldier waves flag in victory at Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. *The Battle of Stalingrad* *Episode from the documentary series Soviet Storm* (HD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynKTjCrvkig \ The Battle of Stalingrad Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1AC4wm6SwM The Battle of Stalingrad** Episode from the documentary series Battlefield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsXB73TXSc *Stalingrad* *Episode from 20th Century Battlefields* with Peter and Dan Snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDJ8lEhQOds Stalingrad - A Trilogy 3-part 2003 documentary with an American narrator** Part 1 - The Attack/Invasion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iEnLnezuxE Part 2 - The Kessel/Pocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrk2EcLsDjI Part 3 - The Doom/End https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOl-mtFclys See the same with all three parts on one clip with British narrator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-LZKo74VGg *The Defense of Stalingrad* *Episode 5 of The Unknown War* with Burt Lancaster (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC4fE6sm4r8 Survival at Stalingrad Episode 6 of The Unknown War with Burt Lancaster (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhA8M7NqIcU Sniper at Stalingrad Garza Sokolov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ83ypEUB3w&feature=related Sniper 2011 Russian movie (dubbed in French) (2 hrs. 47 min. 40 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5agcDYeUPY Katyusha! Episode 28 of the Weapons of Victory series (with English subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVZj6NgfPLE Stalingrad Full German News 1942-1943 Stalingrad 1942 Die Deutsche Wochenschau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip4kndhsdVg Hitler's War The Eastern Front Turning Point at Stalingrad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JM1bBJenl4 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ObmBcDBZlo Stalingrad** Episode from the documentary series The Lost Evidence (in 5 clips) 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdBII-r0-ig 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtrFe7GsONU 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArmugZCQtRg 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2jAKKUcyIc 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXjiRAk1Mc *Stalingrad* Episode from the documentary series Line of Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXh_UpPgID0 **Stalingrad – The Apocalypse Russian documentary (with English translation) Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbs69dDxZzc or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpE7YezTNQc Marshal Georgy Zhukov r**ecalls the Battle of Stalingrad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldX6Spw5fc *The Battle of Stalingrad* Von Paulus vs. Chuikov *Episode from the Generals at War* series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TRgZ2x_MuY Paulus vs Chuikov – Stalingrad** Episode from the documentary series Clash of Warriors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXslxRn86mc or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJEkUof83J8 Tribute to Vasily Chuikov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3nhlkCODk0 Paulus the Defector *Episode from the documentary series Hitler's Warriors* (1998) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRHrJewQTew or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIx9j7pVjRM Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus Geschichte Teil 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FllWKHVma2s Teil 2: N. A. Teil 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khznuldVtT0 Teil 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddaflXrR9l4 Teil 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mxO1DSMY0 German General-Feldmarshal Friedrich Paulus, commander of** the German Army, at the Don Front command centre in Zavarykin on 31 January 1943. Hitler promoted Paulus to general feldmarshal (Generalfeldmarschall) two days earlier, on 29 January. From left to right in the above photo: Soviet Lieutenant-General Konstantin Rokossovsky, commander-in-chief of the Don Front; Soviet Marshal of the Artillery Nikolay Voronov; Russian translator Captain Nikolay Dyatlenko; and Paulus. Paulus was captured at his headquarters earlier in the day. He refused to order his forces to surrender. He formally surrendered two days later, on 2 February, after his forces had surrendered on their own. Song of Stalingrad Excerpts from the 1949 Soviet film The Battle of Stalingrad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JuQO4NZwYQ The Battle of Stalingrad 1949 Soviet movie (3 hrs. , 43 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4CyqEr0WEg or, the same (2 hrs., 55 min., 05 sec. ) With English sub-titles All patriotic music is deleted in this upload https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-vz8-7zcCw or, the same, with soundtrack intact with patroitic music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9tO7GF8pnY German soldiers surrender in Stalingrad. The Times Record, Troy, New York, 3 February 1943 ------------------ *Red Air Force vs Luftwaffe* *The Great Patriotic War* Episode from the documentary series Wings of the Red Star with Peter Ustinov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOx3H4LEw0U Yakovlev Yak-9 *Yak-9* *Episode 19 of the Weapons of Victory* series (with English subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s382_MemQtU Yakovlev Yak-3 Song about Stalingrad 1943 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfp74tuSBZA Stalingrad A Soviet documentary film directed by Leonid Varlamov Music by Gavriil Popov 1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalingrad_(1943_film) Stalingrad Music: B. Mokrousov Lyrics: V. Lebedev-Kumach Singer: khor Bolshogo Teatra 1943 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jQBIB-Baj4 Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrK8oYwT4pY ----------------- I've Got You Under My Skin Charlie and his Orchestra Karl ("Charlie") Schwedler, singer Lutz Templin, bandleader Broadcast from Berlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeA2gHd3ag Night and Day Cole Porter Charlie and his Orchestra Karl ("Charlie") Schwedler, singer Lutz Templin, bandleader Broadcast from Berlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAMxt65P11s _______________ The White Rose Sophie Scholl The Final Days German movie (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHe2O2z2Xxg or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baRvF6ZBK18 In French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5s6IAAyyM Sophie Scholl Ces femmes qui ont fait l'Histoire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME0RV04zVZk Die Weiße Rose 1982 German Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VSoIiRmiJc or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9UyUH0_0Tc Die Weiße Rose 1942 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrRO4K0fmlY Zivilcourage und Todesmut Die Weiße Rose nach 50 Jahren BR Doku 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOhSHTpoM6s Widerstand: Sophie Scholl und die Weiße Rose Talk mit Hermann Vinke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOKS-q-YW0 The White Rose Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKQag1V2T9M A Personal Account of the White Rose George Wittenstein Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8vLN-qtQp0 ---------------- Adventures of the Young Pioneers Soviet cartoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCP1MyPALwo The war put everyone back to work! MANPOWER (1943) Government film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKrHfTGWxQ4 Chrysler Tank Assembly plant, Detroit Tanks roll off Assembly Line Defense Plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTANZEk5Wng Assembly Lines of Defense Chrysler Corporation film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEh401VtDo Building a Tank U. S. Government film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=157ZRQMM0wE Women of Steel 1943 government film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kXKp29ckU Rosie the Riviter** Rosie the Riveter Real Women Workers in World War II Library of Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04VNBM1PqR8 The Story behind Rosie the Riveter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3461S5YtKM Mrs. Norma Jean Dougherty, neé Baker, 19-year-old airplane factory worker in California, in 1945. Mrs. Dougherty began work at the plant in 1943 at age 17. In the late 1940s, Mrs. Dougherty became famous as the Hollywood movie star Marilyn Monroe. In Hollywood as Marilyn Monroe nine years later in 1954. The Marilyn Monroe Story 1963 documentary narrated by Mike Wallace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLoJTzkhOmQ ----------------------- The War in the Atlantic Hunting German submarines in the Atlantic WW2 - Doenitz vs Horton German Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz and British Commander Max Horton in the Atlantic in April/May 1943 The British Navy reduces German submarine fleet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwzcLgf6B2k --------------------- *Continue to next page, # 4, Allied Invasion of Sicily and Italy; Kursk - Reversing the Tide*



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