The prevailing notion in scholarship is that Stalin was politically bankrupt when the war began duped by the Germans, on the defensive, and deeply unpopular. September 13. The battalion is suffering heavy losses. Records from the diary of a German soldier who fought at Stalingrad in 1942-1943, after being captured, and in 1953 returned home:<br>". Yesterday we got vodka. While the German army was penetrating deeply into Russia, he believed that victory was not far away and dreamed of returning home with medals. . August 12. He banked on the psychological blow that the fall of Stalins city, which is what Stalingrad literally means, would deliver to Stalin. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. German Infantry in position for attack during the Battle of Stalingrad. There have been a number of cases of self inflicted wounds and malingering among the men. The Russians are throwing in their last forces, Captain Werner explained to me. The fighting in Stalingrad, lasting from August 1942 to February 1943, and ending with the surrender of Hitler 's army, changed the course of World War II and world history. . After weeks of desperate fighting 100,000 surviving Germans went into Russian captivity. 'Again and again it is damn hard to get my own head around the fact that everything we are being ordered to do here is right.'. . We paid dearly for our victory. . For more information, please see our injured and frostbitten men; more than 30 men have escaped; there is only We have never been through anything like this. Yet Stalingrad never fell. The documentary 'Barbarossa: The Lost Diaries' will be coming soon via History Hit TV. He wrote: 'I tell my men that this is about the reshaping of Europe, the absolute defeat of Bolshevism, the enemy of the people. In a total war for refusing to . My nerves can't take any more.'. January 5. By His tone changes from exicted and hopeful to a darker tone toward the end. Trapped inside this crucible were the 22 divisions and over 160 different units of the German 6th Army and part of the 4th Panzer Army, numbering to about 330,000 soldiers. backward. Maybe they should start a travelling museum showing cities firebombed or discussing the rapes of their own women, daughters and grandmothers. A soldier would crawl out of an occupied position only when the ground wans on fire under him and his clothes were smouldering. The interviews, as well as rare photographs and letters shared by the veterans, show how differently the battle is remembered on both sides. In the opening months of the campaign German forces dug deep into Soviet occupied territory - led by Panzer armies which encircled large Soviet forces at Minsk and Smolens. . By the spring of 1943, even Hitler. Division, January 2, 1943. Recently, the Orthodox Church has incorporated Stalingrad into its prayers, even though the church was hardly present during the battle itself. Every day I write two or three reports about them. August 23. Our attack with tanks yesterday had no success. Till now i only know the "stern"-article said, but i dont have the impression that its only ment for german soldiers, thats only what the media makes out of it, i think it just shows what war makes out of man, no matter what nationality they are. Even civilians were considered vital defenders of Fortress Stalingrad and not allowed to evacuate until several days after the beginning of the bombardment. . . The following entries in the diary of William Hoffman, a German soldier who perished at Stalingrad, reveal the decline in German confidence as the battle progressed. October 5, 1942.<br>Our battalion finally reached the Volga. Stalingrad is hell on earthVerdun, In this photograph, a Red Army soldier is seen marching a German soldier into captivity after the Battle of Stalingrad. December . . . . precisely this reason that we need to exert all our strength in order to win . 22-25 November. This website uses cookies. Leutnant Friedrich Sander lost faith in the German war machine after cracking during the brutal Operation Barbarossa - the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which began in June 1941. . . September 16. With the help of an arctic wstopped just before Moscow. trenches and bunkers. Only lets get it over. Six thousand survived, returning to Germany after the war. Division, no. I did the same to another who pretended to be dead.'. Unlike Germany, where foreign slave workers made up 25 percent of the war economy by 1944, or Great Britain with its exploitation of colonial resources the Soviet model was one of self-exploitation. Fragment of Lieutenant General Alexander von Daniels testimony, commander of the German 376th Infantry Division: . Unfortunately, I cant write everything to you. 28329 D, to his Did he survive the war? They evidently decided to bury us in this hellish place once and for all. .. by Weiss Wurst 21 Aug 2003, 18:01, Post The military history YouTube channel The Armchair Historian opens their episode on the Battle of Stalingrad with the line "The average lifespan of a soldier in Stalingrad was just 24 hours.". If fate allows it, someday I will tell you about it. General Manstein is approaching Stalingrad from the south with strong forces. All Rights Reserved 10521 V, to Hetti Kaminskaya, December 29, 1942. Michal Shapira spoke with Hellbeck following a visit by him to Tel Aviv University earlier this year. and our We killed thousands of Russians and Jews with wives and children around Kiev and Kharkov. .. Post Click here to find out more. Its just terrible. October 28. Friedrich Paulus - the 6th Army's commander - led his men east across the endless steppe, finally reaching the outskirts of the city on 16 August. Russia, and for what? After our attack the field was littered with dead. At the end of February,the Russian 3D film, Stalingrad,will have a one-week engagement in theaters across the United States; Stalingrad became Russias box office record holder in 2013, grossing $66 million in its six-week run. non-commissioned officer had to take over the command of the division. morning we manage to advance 20 metres, in the evening the Russians throw us Diary entries of Field Gendarmerie Sergeant Helmut Megenburg: . Thesefragmentsfrom letters, diary entries and testimonials were first published in File.rf in Russian. writings by captured soldiers. On January 14, 1942 he added: 'Even if we manage, against my expectations, to stop the Russian advance, then no one needs to know more than necessary about the hammering we have received. Hosted by David Thompson. Why did Stalingrad become important to the Nazis and the Soviets in 1942? it says in the diary that Russian soldiers treated people just as savagely. . A letter from Elsa today. . Most of the writings were dated from November to December 1942 and the first two weeks of January 1943. Letters containing the most information were published by thethe military publishinghouse of the Peoples Commissariat of the Defense of the USSR in 1944 the released volume was condensed bearing the titleThe Defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad. There are not more than sixty men left in each company. 'This is the first instalment. After five months of unrelenting battle, the retreat of the Nazis became the turning point of World War II. By 1945, Stalin made sure that official publications referred to him as the sole architect of Soviet victory over fascism. toward our generals boiled up in me. The turning point of World War II came at Stalingrad. Over 1.8 million became casualties. . a magpie and cooked it. The above diary entry comes from Wilhelm Hoffman, a soldier in the 94th Infantry Division of the German Sixth Army. We attack on a daily basis. Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941 with the aim of invading the Soviet Union to secure future German interests. 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What becomes very clear is the extent to which the Soviet defenders were driven by hatred toward the Germans. His tone changes from exicted and hopeful to a darker tone toward the end. Her research deals with World War II, gender and the history of psychology in the 20th century. 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If we lose this war, theyll take revenge on us for everything we did. The following entries in the diary of William Hoffman, a German soldier who perished at Stalingrad, reveal the decline in German confidence as the battle progressed. around us. Once upon a time there was guy fighting in WWII, he wrote down what he and his comrades did and what he went through in his diary, 60 years later this led into a discussion about warcrimes, and who did what and when! 28329 D, dated December 29, 1942 to hisfiance: . These historians hoped that the published interviews would mobilize readers for the war. A soldier prepares to throw a grenade. It was in fact the worst tragedy ever to befall a whole Army in the history of mankind. 6. will tell you about it. Diary of a German Soldier William Hoffman 4.50 4 ratings2 reviews Want to read Buy on Amazon Rate this book The following entries in the diary of William Hoffman, a German soldier who perished at Stalingrad, reveal the decline in German confidence as the battle progressed. Part of Heinrich Malchus letter, a soldier, no. Then aged 24, he recalled the moment he and his colleagues stood around to listen to Adolf Hitler's address at the start of the operation that would result in almost one million deaths. These letters and diaries are lively and direct Box office. Communist ideology had an enormous mobilizing power during the war; this is one of the core arguments of my book and it challenges how other scholars have understood the Soviet war effort. The Nazis' eastward expansion was halted and the Soviets went on the offensive until the end of the war. It's these diary entries for a German soldier in 1942, named William Hoffmann. Take Vassily Zaitsev, the famed sniper at Stalingrad, who killed 242 enemy soldiers over the course of the battle, until he suffered an eye injury, in January 1943. He described how the mood in his tank was excellent with one colleague playing the harmonica as they advanced. . The Fiihrer knows where the Russians weak point is. The film is the second German movie to portray the Battle of Stalingrad. the rest were wounded and killed. . It was the most ferocious battle in human history, claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands. After seeing many colleagues killed and horrifically maimed from driving through a minefield he wrote: 'I have had enough. In September 1942, German lieutenant colonel Friedrich Roske declared himself "the master of the centre of Stalingrad" after his troops had smashed their way into the heart of the city. They quickly encircled an entire German army, more than 220,000 soldiers. October 4. Splendid news-north of Stalingrad our troops have reached theVolga and captured part of the city. 27800, to his parents, November 20, 1942. It was largely because of its symbolic charge that the battle for Stalingrad turned into a decisive showdown between the two regimes. . Perhaps well be home out to us. by Whisper 21 Aug 2003, 19:07, Post The Russians have gone over to the offensive along the whole front. I would eat a cat; they say its meat is also tasty. A Soviet soldier waving the Red Banner over the central plaza of Stalingrad in 1943. Contemporary observers, German as well as Soviet, agreed that the Red Army troops at Stalingrad fought with enormous fervor. Mr Snow said: 'We have been searching to find a way to do this conflict justice, to get beyond the statistics, the tens of millions killed, wounded and brutalised and tell the story of what it was actually like. We attack on a daily basis. Unfortunately, I cant write everything to you. When the Germans resumed their offensive, in spring 1942, their strategic target was the oil fields of the Caucasus. At 11 o'clock, Russian tanks and Katyusha attack us. . 4 pages, ebook First published January 1, 1942 Book details & editions We dont have a single officer, and the non-commissioned officer had to take over the command of the division. . August 2. . He wrote them throughout the battle of Stalingrad. Performance & security by Cloudflare. His commitment was so strong that he sent a huge number of troops to carry out the invasion. Portion of the testimony of captured Captain Kurt Mandelhelm, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 518th Infantry Regiment of the 295th Infantry Division, and his adjutant, Lieutenant Karl Gottschaldt, January 15, 1943: . . By that time, he had already shot 60 enemy soldiers; that number would reach 242 by the end of the battle. We are encircled. We shall obviously be seeing them next in the other world. Yesterday we got vodka. . Being German, I am of course also susceptible to Stalingrads towering place in German collective memory. . Seventy-one year ago, February 2, 1943, the The Battle of Stalingrad, finally ended. November 10. Seventy-one year ago, February 2, 1943, theThe Battle of Stalingrad, finally ended. In addition, almost 1 million Soviet women served in the Red Army during World War II, half of them as ordinary soldiers and the other as nurses, phone operators, or laundrywomen. Why is that? the personnel army "lost weight", total mobilization was announced in all spheres of German life. Frozen potatoes are the best meal, but toget them out of the ice-covered ground under fire from Russian bullets is not so easy. Throughout fall 1942, the Soviet press cited newspapers from places ranging from Egypt to India and Canada that extolled the heroism of Stalingrads defenders. There are barely , updated . . The weather's getting worse. But even such Nazi ideological work paled against the systematic, communist, political conditioning that took place in the Red Army from the hour the Germans attacked in 1941. Up to a Our regiment, and the whole division, are today celebrating victory. to no avail. 'This is how I see it at least. . The story of the Eastern Front through the eyes of one young German. Stalingrad: The City that Defeated the Third Reich: Hellbeck, Jochen, Tauchen, Christopher: 9781610397186: Amazon.com: Books Books History Military Buy new: $12.19 List Price: $18.99 Details Save: $6.80 (36%) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Sunday, March 5 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon October 14. Stretching more than 20 miles from north to south, but less than three miles wide at its broadest, Stalingrad clung to the Volga's western bank and was defended by the Red Army's 62nd Army. It is pure hell here. Among the trophies of the Soviet troops was an But the regime took further steps: Visiting the Treblinka death camp in eastern Poland just one month after the defeat at Stalingrad, Heinrich Himmler ordered the exhumation and cremation of all the bodies of the 700,000 Jews who had been killed there. November 18. . Look at the confidence and aggression on the face of the soldiers. I believe that for Stalingrad the Fiihrer will decorate evenme.. . We are on hunger rations and waiting for the rescue that the Fuhrer promised. I found this post in the history subreddit on, you guessed it, reddit. We are all by Christmas. . 'It is just awful. The Soviets were able to psychologically wear down the Germans and make them slowly lose motivation. Hitler's soldiers stormed the city in September 1942 in a bid to complete the conquest of Europe. Further along the road he encountered more Russian prisoners of war (PoWs) who had been summarily executed by their German captors. How wonderfully we could live if it 'And if we fail to stop them, then this will be the beginning of the end. September 28. by tonyh 21 Aug 2003, 18:14, Post testimonials about the war by those who were on the front line, beyond the Diary Of A German Soldier Fighting In Stalingrad February 6, 2020Leave a Comment In July 1942, the Germans resumed their advance into the U.S.S.R. begun the previous summer, seeking to conquer Stalingrad, a vital transportation center located on the Volga River. 'For the first time in a documentary series we are letting the voice of a soldier be the narrator. Sergeant-Major Nuschke waskilled today running across a street. We havent eaten or slept in three 'We will live through the war in the east as he lived it.'. Diary entries of a German solider during the Battle of Stalingrad Discussion/Question The entries are written by William Hoffman and records the fighting and general situation around him from the 29th of July to the 26th of December 1942. I believe that the Fuhrer will carry the thing through to a successful end. She was five years old when Adolf Hitler's Sixth Army stormed into Stalingrad in the summer of 1942. 'The diaries are so powerful, so vivid and so rich that interviews with historians, presenters and re-enactment are all unnecessary. There is no way out, nor will there be a way out, of the cauldron. In fact for some people, its essential that they become inhuman and numb to the daily horror that surrounds them, to block out the madness that threatens to engulf all the time. His secret journals have been found 80 years later and are to be turned into a documentary by History Hit, the streaming network set up by historian Dan Snow. Soon her home was destroyed in the . German atrocities, which many Soviet soldiers were familiar with, certainly played an important role in mobilizing them to fight, and fight hard. The Russians have stopped surrendering at all. . Diary of a German Soldier (161 results) an effort to communicate impressions to relatives, an effort to share the truth If we lose this war, theyll take revenge on us for My previous work had explored personal diaries written in the Soviet Union under Stalin. September 11 . .. beautiful Verdun, with new weapons. At dawn on Jan. 31, 1943, the bloodiest battle of World War II came to an end for the top German commander in Stalingrad. defect or surrender to captivity. Stalingrad is a 1993 German anti-war film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. On November 8, Hitler, announced that the German Sixth Army had taken Sta-, lingrad, but in fact, on November 19 and 20, the Soviets. Germans fire the 105 mm howitzer leFH 18 in the area of the grain elevator. They resonate with the din of the battlefield, and violence is everywhere in the picture. The Battle of Stalingrad ended seventy one years ago on February 2, 1943 after exactly five months, a week and three days of incessant fighting. turned dramatically in 1942. Making up for colossal losses in people, equipment and ammunition sustained by the German armed forces as a result of the perishing of the 6th Army will require huge effort and a lot of time. By Hitler, they were certain, would meet Napoleons end. A bored and cold German soldier plays a game of "eenie-meenie-miny-moe", aiming at a group of children, most too young to even comprehend the danger. about the combats in the Stalingrad region, and soldiers assessment of the The Russians are not men, but some kind of cast-iron creatures; they never get tired and are not afraid of fire. I just want to scream it all away. This consisted of around 3,400 tanks which were supported by 2,700 of the Luftwaffe. Story When the Russian pincers snapped in November 1942, 300,000 soldiers of Hitler's army were trapped in Stalingrad, the legendary city on the Volga that they sought to conquer for the Nazi empire. The Nazi's loss at Stalingrad was the turning point in the war and Zaitsev played a key role in demoralising the Germans which lead to their ultimate defeat. . That, for instance, is how sniper Zaitsev talked about how he got inducted into the party. Lots of wounded are being brought by. Our regiment has lost many men from [he katyushi, which belch out terrible fire. October 27.Our troops have captured the whole of the Barrikady factory, but we cannot break through to theVolga. Soviet forces launched a counteroffensive against the Germans arrayed at Stalingrad in mid-November 1942. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. 14 Therapist Reveal Unusually Common Things They Often Hear, That People Are Hesitant To Disclose, Confessions of a Man Who Shot Himself In The Head And Survived, Caveman Circus | Contact | Privacy Policy | DMCA Copyright 2023 StomachPunch Media, LLC. . . Stalingrad: Directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. . by Oleg Grigoryev 21 Aug 2003, 22:03, Post We stay in our cellar; you cant go out into the street. It was the most ferocious battle in human history, claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands. . Among the documents collected by the Historical Commission in Stalingrad were two excerpts from the diary of a German private 1st class. 44111, dated November 18, 1942 to his brother: . Military church records [Kirchenbcher]. His fascinating 2015 book, Stalingrad: The City that Defeated the Third Reich, and the Battle that Changed World History (PublicAffairs; also available in German, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, and Chinese editions), tells the story of this battle from the Soviet side. He expects victory of us. Ultimately, this led to the crumbling of Germany's northern front, culminating with Russian troops' push into Germany, where in 1945 they took Berlin and declared victory in the war. William Hoffman, "Diary of a German Soldier" Participated in the Battle of Stalingrad Germans seek to conquer Stalingrad Decline in German confidence over the years Faith in the leader We are all convinced that they can't stop us The Russians will be beaten Im sick of this. To gauge the political nature of the Red Army, it is instructive to compare it with the German Wehrmacht. September 5. 44111, to his brother, November 18, 1942. The ruthlessness of the German advance was borne out on June 27, 1941, when his crew spotted a Russian soldier who played dead before opening fire on the passing German infantry. . Does that get to you? Then the terrible struggles in . If fate allows it, someday I Poor fellow, hes got three children. The testimonies were too truthful and multifaceted for their times, and Stalin forbade their publication, not least because he alone claimed full credit for the victory at Stalingrad. the Wehrmacht characterized their situation after they ended up in the ring Our companys interpreter has interrogated a captured Russian officer. They no longer take cover from Russian shells; they havent the strength to walk, run away and hide. . number of soldiers cemeteries is growing .. ', He went on: 'Some of the gunned down Russians in front are still moving. Our division has a cemetery near Stalingrad where more than 1,000 people are buried. In his memoirs, Chuikov writes that he issued a sharp rebuke to his cowardly officers. To this day, the Russian state and the Russian people commemorate the battle intensely. He wrote: 'That isn't a good idea when facing tank men like us - floor the accelerator, turn left and run over him. in the vicinity of Stalingrad will have a major influence on how the war If in the morning we manage to advance 20meters, in the evening the Russians throw us backward. I briefly jump onto the tank to look at Weigand. We After five months of unrelenting battle, the retreat of the Nazis became the turning point of World War II. . This is nothing new. The retreat of the Nazis in that particular battle is seen by many historians as the turning point of WWII. On the morning of January 10 we read a pamphlet that Surely, though, even though this may be form the diary of a sociopathic soldier, he was still, not the norm in the army. Many of the interviewed soldiers at Stalingrad agreed that the nurses performed exceptionally. Voices of War: Through the Blockade of Time. German forces eventually made their way to the gates of Moscow but were pushed back by Soviet forces and in the end had to make a slow retreat from the early months of 1942. superiority in the Pacific. . The testimonies were too truthful and multifaceted for their times, and Stalin forbade their publication, not least because he alone claimed full credit for the victory at Stalingrad. The defeat of the German troops Who were the interviewees of these Stalingrad transcripts? October 3. While the German army was penetrating deeply into Russia, he believed that victory was not far away and dreamed of returning home with medals. what should be done? the said book became an antiquity in bibliography. 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