Comments by "Nicholas Conder" (@nicholasconder4703) on "Halder is sacked! BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E24" video.

31:00 - Still, having a deficit of about 5 divisions goes a long way to explain the problems later. Given Halder's response to Rommel's request for troops and logistical support, one wonders if Halder put personal prejudices above military exigencies.
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Here is Zaitsev talking about "second fronts", i.e. Lend Lease supplies from the US. Here, in a Russian soldier's own words, is evidence that Lend Lease was effective even in the winter of 1942. Not to mention an earlier video talking about the allied tanks being used by some units. Amazing how some people deny how much Lend Lease contributed to the ability of the Soviet Union to hold out.
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Halder was sacked, right when he had Stalingrad in the bag.
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@snowbear163 Only 10 more days, using Zeno's paradox.
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@caryblack5985 I agree to a certain extent. Indeed, something that few histories ever covered until recently was the Rzhev Meatgrinder, a series of battles fought by the Red Army against Army Group Centre for control of the strategic rail hub at Rzhev. The need for replacements for Army Group Centre might also include units sent there to conduct anti-partisan operations. But that said, I do agree with TIK that not supplying one of your two spearheads with replacements while heavily reinforcing fronts on the defensive is a very odd decision to make.
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@caryblack5985 I concur. It is rather similar to what caused the collapse of Germany in 1918, where they were fighting in France, and trying to take and hold as much of Russia as they could, and sending troops to Italy and Macedonia. They should have seen the writing on the wall when they had to wait to declare unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917, but delayed it until they could scrape together a couple of divisions to guard against an invasion by Denmark! I wasn't aware of this, or how it was the collapse of the Balkan Front started the dominoes falling for the Central Front until I watched "The Great War" with Indy Neidell (great youTube channel by the way, I highly recommend it). Mind you, the fact that in November 1942 the Wehrmacht will commit about 250,000 troops to Tunisia in North Africa (including panzer divisions) suggests that they still had manpower reserves, but didn't use them.
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@МихаилЧерников-п2т Considering the state of things in Russia at the time, every little bit helped.
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