Hitler’s Stalingrad Disaster: The Decision That Broke Germany’s Army

Stalingrad was never supposed to be the main goal of Germany's 1942 summer offensive. Hitler's real target was the oil of the Caucasus. This video follows the chain of decisions that turned a secondary objective into a catastrophe. It covers Hitler's refusal to retreat at Moscow, the false lesson he drew from Demyansk, the split of Army Group South, and his reliance on weaker allied troops to guard the flanks. It also covers the Soviet encirclement, the forbidden breakout, and Göring's promise that the Luftwaffe could supply an entire army by air. The result was the destruction of the Sixth Army and a turning point on the Eastern Front.

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