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Volgograd, [a] formerly Tsaritsyn [b] (1589–1925) and Stalingrad [c] (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga , covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres (331.8 square miles), with a population of slightly over one million residents. [ 11 ]
The capture of Stalingrad was subsidiary to the main aim. It was only of importance as a convenient place, in the bottleneck between Don and the Volga, where we could block an attack on our flank by Russian forces coming from the east. At the start, Stalingrad was no more than a name on the map to us. [79]
My Stalingrad Childhood, A memoir by Edward Ochagavia (reprinted from East-West Review) Volgograd's top tractor plant – aerial views of factory ruins (2016 YouTube video) Stalingrad Tractor Plant, photograph of a bird's-eye perspective drawing, Albert Kahn Associates, 1930s, Canadian Centre for Architecture
Map of the Stalingrad pocket, showing Pitomnik in its centre. The airfield at Pitomnik was one of seven airfields within the Stalingrad Pocket after the 6th Army was encircled and the only one properly equipped to handle large amounts of air traffic. The field was equipped with lights for night operation.
A more precise description of the problem: It is difficult to match the German fronts in the map with the samples in the legend. The fronts on 19 November and 24 December are particularly confusing. The colours in Image:Battle of Stalingrad.png are much clearer
Operation Little Saturn with the Tatsinskaya Raid near the bottom. The Tatsinskaya Airfield, 260 km west of Stalingrad, became the most important airfield for the supply of the trapped 6th Army in Stalingrad after all land connections were severed after 24 November 1942, when the airlift began.
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The ruins of the mill today. Gerhardt's Mill (Russian: Мельница Гергардта) is a building of historical significance in the Battle of Stalingrad. [1] [2] Gerhardt's Mill is situated directly across from Pavlov's House in central modern-day Volgograd. It is preserved in its bombed-out state and is one of the main landmarks of the ...