Великая война. (Анна Граждан, 2010, Док.фильм) / Great war: серия 4. Сталинград (без первых 10 минут)

moved to Stalingrad from the south

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The value of the city named for Stalin was growing day by day.

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Strengthening of the German army did not take long to affect on situation

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Already after two weeks Paulus hit a new blow, surrounding main forces of the 62 army

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Soviet troops retreated to the eastern bank of the Don.

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Germans had only to cross the river.

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Only 60 km separated them from Stalingrad.

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Meanwhile from the south to Stalingrad already went tanks of General Hoth.

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Having completed 150 km march across the steppe, Hoth suddenly released into the rear of the Soviet troops.

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Acted here parts were united in the South-Eastern Front under the command of General Eryomenko.

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To the south-west of Stalingrad, not far from the small railway station Abganerovo, Soviet troops met German tanks with "Katyusha" fire .

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Eryomenko reported to Vasilevsky:

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"The pilots, which I sent to oversee the battle, reported that the district Abganerovo and the surrounding neighborhood are burning."

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"All is in fire. Make conclusion that Katyusha did affairs there. "

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Hoth's offensive was stopped

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This success has contributed to the promotion Eryomenko, and soon he was instructed to coordinate the actions of the South-East and Stalingrad fronts for protection of Stalingrad.

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General Paulus had to cross the Don.

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Months of heavy fighting did not shake his confidence that he will put an end to the city with one blow.

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Early in the morning on August 21 at Don surface was launched

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112 landing craft and 108 inflatable boats that rushed to the eastern shore.

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Defenders of Stalingrad met them with fire.

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dozens of boats were sunk, but the Germans managed to capture

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piece of land on the east bank of the Don and keep it until the ferriage is completed.

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Next day the german tanks rushed to Stalingrad.

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Reference.

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Stalingrad, former Tsaritsyn, one of the most beautifu,l green and comfortable city of pre-war USSR.

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Commenced construction of factories in the city had attracted many young people.

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For 15 years the population grew from 85 to 450 thousand people.

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Stalingrad quay with cafes, cinemas and public gardens was considered as the most beautiful among the cities in the Volga region.

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Evacuation of Stalingrad wasn't executed.

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Ferries jammed by livestock and farm equipment, consigned to the east.

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Hundreds of thousands of refugees had accumulated in the city

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By August, from the city was evacuated about 100 000 people.

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At noon on August 23, tankmans of 6 Army rushed to Stalingrad.

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Leaving behind the tanks, with an increasing roar from the west to the city

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was coming cloud of the German 4 Air Fleet, welcoming their tanks with wailing sirens.

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Began the most powerful air raid on the eastern front in the history of war.

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It was a bright sunny day, when in the city sounded air raid alerts.

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Many people took them as training.

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Only when the sky turned black from German aircrafts and anti-aircraft batteries opened fire,

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people rushed to shelters.

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Bombs started fall on the city.

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80% of buildings were destroyed in the first day of the bombing.

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Suburban of Stalingrad consisted of wooden buildings.

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In the city were placed depots and warehouses of wood.

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Taking this into account, Germans had been using incendiary bombs.

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City, dried by august sun, flashed like gunpowder.

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Flows of burning oil and gasoline headed for the Volga.

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River took fire, and after that, steamboats at pier.

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Reference.

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