Comments by "Nicholas Conder" (@nicholasconder4703) on "A Steppe Too Far | BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E22" video.

  1. 16:45. This is one of the things that I picked up from Glantz' Stalingrad books - the dilution of offensive power in the 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army. As the offensive progressed, more and more units had to be used to defend the flanks, meaning that fewer units could be concentrated to generate the local superiority of force required to create a substantial breakthrough. I found it fascinating reading how the German attacks gradually became weaker and weaker, as units were forced to defend more frontage, denying them the ability to concentrate enough armor and men to create a decisive breakthrough. The 6th Army from this point onwards starts to resemble an exhausted boxer, continually trying to land a knock-out blow, but lacking the strength to do so, while wearing themselves out by repeatedly throwing punches.
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  2. 40:00 Perhaps Paulus was trying to rejuvenate his attack into Stalingrad. By committing a relatively intact panzer division at a different segment of the line, he may have been adhering to his training by trying for a breakthrough elsewhere using movement (Bewegungskrieg) rather than reinforcing failure and fighting a battle of position and attrition (Stellungskrieg).
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