Re: Value of Stalingrad

Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:

For that matter, why didn't the Soviets
allow the Germans to capture Stalingrad
and then pound the Germans. It's not
like the Germans would have been able to
support any kind of worthwhile activity
there.

They were pounding the Germans quite successfully. The fact
that they were losing territory in Stalingrad doesn't affect that.
It was a quite effective meatgrinder.

Moreover, Stalingrad had the nice effect of putting Sixth Army
into a position to be encircled. If they'd have just given
it up, Axis forces would likely have assumed a better defensive
deployment.

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