https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z Made with Soviet manpower en-us 2019-03-12 15:12:19 UTC 2019-03-25 14:31:17 UTC hello@padlet.com jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/340462189 This is a book about the Battle of Stalingrad. And the various accounts from people who fought there. In the winter of 1943 the Germans launched operation Barbarossa which attempted to invade and destroy the soviet union. The goal of this was to avoid a war on 2 fronts by winning a decisive victory over Russian forces so they could focus all their attention on Britain. The blitzkrieg effectively pushed very deep into Russia all the way to Stalingrad. Hitler felt that the city had much more strategic value than it seemed, since it was named after the current leader. And the thought the capture of the city would demoralize the leader and his forces so much that it would force them int surrender. Forces pushed into the middle of the city then found themselves trapped by an insurmountable amount of soviet troops. The battle that commenced was one of the bloodiest battles of the whole war and consisted of very close quarter combat and a total of 2 million soviet deaths.In the end General Zhukov encircled the city and forced a German victory and the majority of German forces were killed or captured. This marked the beginning of the Red Tide overtaking most of eastern Europe and their advance would not be stopped until they reached Berlin. ]]> 2019-03-12 15:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/340462189 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/340922714 I'm a junkie for war stuff so i just want to heat some memoirs from people who were there and some imagery of what is was like]]> 2019-03-13 15:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/340922714 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342452279 1. He's a professor in WW2 stuff so he knows a lot. He also has veterans telling testimonies.
2. He went to school specifically to teach this subject
3. He just wants to get the word out there before all the veterans are dead ]]> 2019-03-18 15:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342452279 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342455857 The main thing that a like about the book is the vivid description of the battles but i dislike the absurd amount of background information]]> 2019-03-18 15:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342455857 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342457535 Their are a lot of cool diagrams of the battlefield that allow you to visualize the battlefield ]]> 2019-03-18 15:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342457535 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342458135 The title page is stylish and draws the reader in ]]> 2019-03-18 15:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342458135 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342458807 Their is a large section with a full timeline of the whole German advance and the battle which was pretty cool and informational ]]> 2019-03-18 15:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342458807 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342909087 If you were new to WW2 geography and battles it would be slightly difficult to understand what was happening behind the red tide. But it does give a very detailed description of the German advance to the city of Stalingrad. The absurd Russian names and non-linear nature of the text could make it hard to follow if you're a new reader.]]> 2019-03-19 15:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/342909087 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/343836476 It's not very hard for me to read because i have a lot of prior knowledge about the topic ]]> 2019-03-21 15:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/343836476 jarendean15 https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/344841726 there are a lot of really cool maps in this books that were very cool. ]]> 2019-03-25 14:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jarendean15/6a2b1ml0p42z/wish/344841726