The Battle of Stalingrad

I'll take over.

9) 'Forced into labor by the NKVD' Last time I checked the Party district committees were a party organization not NKVD. Also what is a "communist report" because that would mean any report.

10) Yes they removed most foodstuffs to the other side of the Volga, heard of the "Hungerplan"? And need a citation for Stalin having said that. They did try to evacuate "non-essential personnel", sure too late as always and that didn't include most ordinary people but still.

11) Yes the 62nd performed poorly, mostly on account of not being there. Civilian militias did fight especially on the 23rd and 24th and suffered horrendous casualties as a result.

12) The 1077th Anti-aircraft regiment was not a civilian unit. It was a regiment of the PVO. And guess what, those civilian units did manage to hold up the advance for a few days, enough to get regular soldiers deployed.

Side-point) It is the Germans vs the Soviets. Don't write "Russians" unless you specifically mean someone of Russian ethnicity.

15) Slaughtered is a strong word, and hardly a neutral one, they suffered casualites at the river crossing by Luftwaffe and artillery yes, but most people managed to reach either shore. Slaughtered gives the impression that most died trying to make the crossing.

i can do no more.

It jumps in timelines, it is basically 1970s era histography and basic things is jumbled up. Like the person who promised that Luftwaffe could supply the 6th wasn't Göring, even if wikipedia says so. It most likely was Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek.

On 19 November 1942, the Russians launched Operation Uranus. After months of planning, and troop transfers from all though-out Russia,

Mostly a myth. Uranus was not a lone offensive, it is just blown up out of proportion because Mars was a shitshow, or so I've seen it argued.

The entire Morale section is just a big "WTF" even basic history, ignores the effects of the winter offensive of 1941.

Nevermind me I'll go back to SWS.

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