Episode 515-Rat Warfare in Stalingrad

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Axis forces enter Stalingrad. But the Germans, unused to urban warfare, adapt as best they can. Whereas the new local commander of the defenders, Vasily Chuikov, will fight like a cornered rat and will quickly devise tactics to counter German advantages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.7	Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast. Episode 515,
1:16.0	Rat Warfare in Stalingrad. Last time, things did not bode well for the defenders of Stalingrad.
1:23.7	General Paulus' 6th Army was on the Volga, just northwest of the city. General Hoth of the 4th Panzer Army
1:30.9	was just south of the city along the Volga as well, and the 16th Panzer Division, with support,
1:37.7	was on the land side of the city to its north. Having said that, they did not occupy Stalingrad yet, and Marshal Zhukov now had a plan
1:49.0	to keep it that way. Seeing how poorly his troops had fought, not to mention how well the Germans were
1:56.2	at combining their various units, armor, artillery, and air power, the marshal would keep hold of
2:02.7	Stalingrad by simply defending it, by only defending it. He would not send out armies to engage the
2:10.1	enemy. Well, not yet. The Axis was still too strong for that. No, he would allow them to come to him and then chew them up
2:19.6	with his growing number of men. Meanwhile, General Paulus and Army Group B commander weeks
2:25.6	went by train on September 12th to get approval for their attack plan from Hitler, now that their
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