The 5 Bloodiest Battles in History

Sgt Joe LaBranche now this is a GREAT READ, that is knowledgeable and intriguing. War is Hell!! Lest the Souls REST IN PEACE! This battle is staggering and just insane, SMH.......
Casualties: German 841,000; Soviet Union 1,130,000
Total: 1,971,000
Result: Soviet victory

The German offensive began with a devastating series of bombings from the Luftwaffe, which left much of Stalingrad in ruins. But the bombing created a highly dispensable landscape. As the army advanced, however, they found themselves caught up in brutal house-to-house fighting with the Soviets. Although they were in control of more the 90% of the city, the Wehrmacht could not extricate the remaining stubborn Soviet soldiers. The weather began to turn bitterly cold, and in November 1942 the Red Army launched a two-pronged attack on the German 6th Army in Stalingrad. The flanks collapsed and the 6th Army was surrounded, both by the Red Army and the crippling Russian winter. Starvation, cold, and sporadic Soviet attacks began to take their toll. Yet Hitler refused to allow the 6th Army to retreat. By February 1943, after a failed German attempt to break out and with all supply lines had cut, the 6th Army was crushed.
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Nice history lesson. I like the way the order is in. Very good read. Thanks for sharing Sgt Joe LaBranche

I "weep for the empire" when I read threads on training or discipline where someone says "We can't do that anymore."