RE: Stalingrad :Was the order given not to retreat correct?
May 27, 2014 at 5:43 pm
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2014 at 6:41 pm by Artur Axmann.)
The Wehrmacht was never prepared to fight for the long term. Blitz
worked in Poland and France and remained as the model. Barbarossa
had mosly elements of former blitz operations. Remember, Fuhrer's
orders were to finish Russia in 90 days.
El Alamaine was a tactical gambit designed to control the med from the east end ;since franco refused to allow Wehrmacht to kick the Brits off Gibraltar.
Moscow failed ,more due to General Winter and made a n orderly retreat impossible.
All orders to hold in place proved correct in hindsight.
worked in Poland and France and remained as the model. Barbarossa
had mosly elements of former blitz operations. Remember, Fuhrer's
orders were to finish Russia in 90 days.
El Alamaine was a tactical gambit designed to control the med from the east end ;since franco refused to allow Wehrmacht to kick the Brits off Gibraltar.
Moscow failed ,more due to General Winter and made a n orderly retreat impossible.
All orders to hold in place proved correct in hindsight.
