Comments by "Cary Black" (@caryblack5985) on "The Stalingrad Airlift continues to fail! BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E41" video.

  1. There was little or no wood on the steppe. The fire bombing of Stalingrad months earlier and the fighting destroyed almost all of the available wood. Very little fuel for any kind of fire.
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  2. Aid will come in from the West and and the Germans were trapped and got less and less food fuel and ammunition so the situation is different.
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  3. There was limited fighting in the city but gains by either side was small and considering both sides were very beaten up this is not surprising.
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  4.  @johnkkkj  I am not guessing. Read Island Of Fire by Jason D Mark who describes the fighting in the city particularly the Barrikady Gun Factory through the German surrender.
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  5. Certainly a lot of fuel had to be used for the Luftwaffe to even get in and out of Stalingrad and provide escorts which left less that could be given to the 6th Army.
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  6.  @jtfrank2006  Time will tell if the Ukrainian Army or the Russian Army has the worst time.
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  7. There was limited fighting in the city but gains by either side was small and considering both sides were very beaten up this is not surprising.
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