The Luftwaffe burns Stalingrad
1942 · Event
On the day the first panzers reach the Volga north of the city, a thousand-sortie bombardment turns Stalingrad into a firestorm that kills tens of thousands of civilians in a weekend. The irony rules the next five months: the rubble the Luftwaffe made is the perfect fortress for the defenders.
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