{"id":1050,"date":"2023-07-31T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2026-10-20T19:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:35:14","slug":"attack-on-stalingrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Attack on Stalingrad: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 31, Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The greatest siege in history begins as the German 6th Army and the Luftwaffe assault Stalingrad.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8933049\/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-3.png?resize=850%2C652&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-3.png?resize=600%2C460&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Note the positions of Voronezh, Stalingrad, the proximity of the great bends of the <br>Don and Volga Rivers, and the Volga&#8217;s route that leads from the Caspian Sea all the way to Moscow.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 2: Stalingrad in 1942<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?resize=640%2C887&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1052\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7217847769028871;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?resize=739%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 739w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?resize=217%2C300&amp;ssl=1 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?resize=768%2C1064&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?resize=300%2C416&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?resize=850%2C1177&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?resize=600%2C831&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Stalingrad1942.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The German advance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Historical photos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?resize=640%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1053\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3959390862944163;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?resize=1024%2C733&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?resize=768%2C550&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?resize=850%2C608&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?resize=600%2C429&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChildrenStatue-afterAirstrikes.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Children&#8217;s Khorovod in front of Railway Station No. 1, after the air raids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paulus.jpeg?resize=220%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1054\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.676923076923077;width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paulus.jpeg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paulus.jpeg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Panzer General Friedrich Paulus, <br>commander of the German 6th Army<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WFRichtofen.jpg?resize=220%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6666666666666666;width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WFRichtofen.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WFRichtofen.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colonel-General Wolfram von Richtofen, <br>commander of the Luftflotte <br>(air fleet) 4, 1942<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GenHHube42.jpg?resize=640%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3888888888888888;width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GenHHube42.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GenHHube42.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GenHHube42.jpg?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GenHHube42.jpg?resize=850%2C612&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GenHHube42.jpg?resize=600%2C432&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Major-General Hans Hube, commander of the 16th Panzer Division<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Khrushchev_Yeremenko6juq0.jpeg?resize=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4945652173913044;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Khrushchev_Yeremenko6juq0.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Khrushchev_Yeremenko6juq0.jpeg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Khrushchev_Yeremenko6juq0.jpeg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Khrushchev_Yeremenko6juq0.jpeg?resize=850%2C569&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Khrushchev_Yeremenko6juq0.jpeg?resize=600%2C402&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People&#8217;s Commissar Nikita Khrushchev (left) and General Andrey Yeremenko (far right), <br>commander of the South-Eastern Front (later renamed the Stalingrad Front), December 1942<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChuikovDec42.jpg?resize=640%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1058\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4326647564469914;width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChuikovDec42.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChuikovDec42.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChuikovDec42.jpg?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChuikovDec42.jpg?resize=850%2C594&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ChuikovDec42.jpg?resize=600%2C419&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">General Vasily Chuikov (second from left), commander of the 62nd Red Army, <br>December 1942<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antony Beevor, <em>The Second World War.<\/em> London: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Craig, <em>Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad.<\/em> Old Saybrook, CT, USA: KOnecky &amp; Konecky, 1973.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Tucker-Jones, <em>Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin&#8217;s War 1941\u20131945<\/em>. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Stalingrad\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Stalingrad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 &nbsp;Case Blue <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Case_Blue\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Case_Blue<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The greatest siege in history begins as the German 6th Army and the Luftwaffe assault Stalingrad.&nbsp; Map 1: Fall Blau, Operation Blue. Map 2: Stalingrad in 1942 Historical photos Sources Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. William Craig, Enemy at the Gates: The Battle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39],"tags":[337,35,341,59,206,32,304,339,31,34,48,43,33,338,30,28],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-season-2","tag-337","tag-eastern-front","tag-heer","tag-hitler","tag-luftwaffe","tag-nazi-germany","tag-operation-blue","tag-paulus","tag-second-world-war","tag-soviet-union","tag-stalin","tag-ukraine","tag-ussr","tag-volga-river","tag-world-war-2","tag-world-war-ii"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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