Comments by "" (@obsidianjane4413) on "Manstein DIDN'T give the breakout order | BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E44" video.

A good Prussian gentleman like von Manstein could never have admitted that he screwed up. As oft discussed, the opportunity for a break out was gone by Nov. Manstein really was hoping for a "Weihnachtswunder", relying on the ability to German soldiers and jr. officers to defeat huge Red Army forces that they had displayed countless times before. But they were spent, and that is why the order really never came, by the time it should have, according to the plan, there was no possibility of it being workable. So it didn't matter if he ordered it or not.
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