I thought the reason to keep Stalingrad was because of it’s gatekeeper status to the southern oil fields, which Germany desperately needed ?
Stalingrad was an important strategical objective in that theater, but the Germans focused on it to the exclusion of all else, which is why they got encircled.
I thought the reason to keep Stalingrad was because of it’s gatekeeper status to the southern oil fields, which Germany desperately needed ?
Stalingrad was an important strategical objective in that theater, but the Germans focused on it to the exclusion of all else, which is why they got encircled.