Comments by "Cary Black" (@caryblack5985) on "A Fourth Kotluban Operation!? BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E31" video.

  1. The Germans used many T34s and artillery captured from the Soviets. You also see photos of German soldiers with Soviet submachine guns.
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  2. The artillery was well camouflaged and well protected by anti aircraft guns.
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  3. There were mixed beliefs about the Soviets ability to attack. Some believed they could not attack at t all. The strongest belief from the German intelligence was that there would be an attack at the center on the Moscow axis. There was the belief that the Soviets attack would be not at all powerful and that it would be handled with little difficulty. The Germans certainly did not think that the Soviets could attack both in the center and at Stalingrad. The Germans were wrong.
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  4.  @ares106  There were Stuka attacks against the river boats and landing stages so I can't imagine why they would not attack the artillery emplacements. TIK does not talk much about air attacks unless it is part of a German ground attack.
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  5. Stalin was never close to the front. Spent most of his time in Moscow.
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  6. They were used as laborers, and other support troops which freed more Germans for the front lines.
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  7. You might look ino Anton Joly's books Stalingrad Battle Atlas in 4 volumes. By the way your English is fine.
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  8. I can't comment on feasibility but I have not heard any of this was ever used by the Germans or the Soviets.
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  9. Remember TIK uses books that are hundreds if not thousands of pages long. There are things that even TIK does not cover in videos.
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  10. Hitler and Halder thought Stalingrad could be taken in 10 dats. Paulus did not agree and asked fro three fresh divisions.
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  11. no
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  12. They kept many German troops to the north of the city which limited the number of German troops that could fight in Stalingrad. However most of those attacks were hastily done and attacking fortified German positions. Perhaps if they had just done feinting attacks to make sure the Germans felt they needed the troops north of the city they might have accomplished the same thing with fewer casualties. But that is not what they did.
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  13. He has to capture the shoreline in Stalingrad as he has been doing all along. The luftwaffe attacks the river boats as best they can. The artillery bombards the landing stages. As long as there is shore to land reinforcements the Soviets reinforce. By capturing the factories and land behind them it eliminates areas that the Soviets can use to reinforce.
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