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Operation Koltso

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Soviet Staff officers entered the building and negotiated terms with General Schmidt. Paulus refused to participate directly. In Soviet captivity, Paulus denied having surrendered, claiming to have been taken by surprise. He refused to issue an order to the remaining Germans in the southern pocket to surrender. He also denied having the authority to issue an order for the northern pocket to surrender.
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was ordered to retreat to new defensive positions to avoid encirclement. In the first three days, the Soviets lost 26,000 men and over half their tanks. The western half of the Stalingrad pocket had been lost by 17 January. The fighting then paused for four days while the Soviet forces regrouped and redeployed for the next phase of the operation.
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than 12,000 unprovided for wounded in the encirclement. What orders shall I give the troops who have no more ammunition and will be further attacked with heavy artillery, tanks and massed infantry? Fastest decision necessary because dissolution in some places already started. Confidence in the leadership still exists.
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On the 10th, it became clear the main goal was the Pitomnik airfield, which was captured on 16 January. "The 44th, 76th and 28th (Motorised) Infantry Divisions were badly hit."  The 3rd (Motorised) Infantry Division, deployed on the southwestern corner of the cauldron since the end of Nov. 1942,
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The Fortress can only be held for a few days longer The heroism of the soldiers is still unbroken. In order to exploit this to the last beat, on the verge of collapse I intend to command all of the units to make an organised breakthrough to the South. Individual groups will get through and at least
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at 08:00: "The XI Army Corps, consisting of 6 divisions, has fulfilled its duty by the heaviest fighting to the very last. Hail to the Fuhrer! Hail to Germany!". With a further incomplete message being picked up at 09:20: "The Russians are penetrating ... fighting ... Tractor Works ..." After which
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By the early morning of 2 February, Strecker was informed that one of his officers had gone to negotiate surrender terms with the Soviets. He then decided to put an end to the fighting. At 07:00 Strecker sent a radio message to subordinate units: "All fighting will cease; weapons will be destroyed;
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Russians in action in 6 km wide on both sides Voroponovo, some with flags unfurled to the east. No way to close the gap. Withdrawal to neighboring fronts who are also without ammunition, useless and not feasible. Supply with ammunition from other fronts also no longer possible. Food at an end. More
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In bitter fighting, the Soviets gradually cleared the city center. By 31 January, German resistance in the southern pocket was confined to individual buildings. Soviet forces reached Paulus's headquarters in the Univermag Department Store and the remaining German soldiers ceased their resistance.
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OKH responded that "he Fuhrer has reserved the final decision for himself". The second phase of the offensive began on 20 January with a Soviet push toward the airfield at Gumrak. Two days later, the airfield was occupied by the Soviets. Its capture meant an end to the evacuation of the German
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The operation was launched on 10 January 1943 with a mass artillery bombardment of the German positions outside the city, with 7,000 field guns, launchers and mortars, by the seven encircling Soviet armies. It was the single largest bombardment of the war at that point. In one section,
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The entire Soviet force at Stalingrad now concentrated on the northern pocket. Intense artillery fire was used to reduce resistance. Soviet forces then followed up, destroying any remaining bunkers, often with direct fire at short range from tanks or artillery.
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told his divisional commanders to decide for themselves on the matter of surrender. He was immediately relieved of his command by Paulus. Seydlitz-Kurzbach later fled the German lines under German fire and personally surrendered to the Soviets.
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The Axis retreated back into the city itself. Resistance to the Soviet advance gradually diminished due to the exhaustion of all supplies on the Axis side. On 25 January, LI Corps commander
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create confusion in the Russian front, whereas while staying where they are all will certainly perish and as prisoners will die of hunger and freeze to death.
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Understanding the desperate nature of the struggle, on the 19th, Paulus requested permission from OKH to lead a breakout to the South:
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On 26 January, detachments of 21st Army met up with the 13th Guards Division to the north of the
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no more messages were sent. Organized Axis resistance in the city then ended.
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expect the Russians in about an hour". A final message was transmitted to
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The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945. A Brief History
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wounded and that any further air supply would have to be by parachute.
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Stalingrad 1942–43 (3) Catastrophe: the Death of 6th Army
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and centered in the area around the tractor factory.
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Index

Battle of Stalingrad
Eastern Front
World War II

Stalingrad
Soviet Union
Germany
Romania
Soviet Union
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Nazi Germany
Friedrich Paulus
Surrendered
Nazi Germany
Hans von Arenstof
ru
Surrendered
Nazi Germany
Heinrich Deboi
de
Surrendered
v
t
e
Eastern Front
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Arctic Ocean
Barbarossa
Brest

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