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Besides being a turning point in the war, Stalingrad was also revealing in terms of the discipline and determination of both the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army, though this was often maintained by brutal enforcement of commands. The Soviets first defended Stalingrad against a fierce German onslaught.
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So great were Soviet losses that at points in time the life expectancy of a newly arrived soldier was less than a day,yet discipline was maintained: many soldiers sacrificed themselves instead of retreating or being captured.
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Their sacrifice is immortalized by a soldier of General Rodimstev, about to die, who scratched on the wall of the main railroad station (which changed hands 15 times during the battle) “Rodimstev’s Guardsmen fought and died here for their Motherland (Rodina).”
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On the other side, the German Army showed remarkable discipline after being surrounded. It was the first time that it had operated under adverse conditions of such scale. Short of food and clothing, during the latter part of the siege many German soldiers literally starved or froze to death.
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Yet, discipline and obedience to authority prevailed, until finally at the very end when resistance no longer served any useful purpose, Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus disobeyed Hitler and surrendered.
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:22 pm Post subject:
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My friends Grandfather was in the battle was there through the entire thing, enlisted at age 16, so was 16 when in stalingrad.
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:
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Very interesting tales, Capt. CaNaDa!!
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| {uZa}renegade wrote: | 90 bottles of beer in me and no way does she need a suntan  |
Hehehehe...
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject:
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So amok kirsten bell or smurfette ? 
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| {uZa}renegade wrote: | | So amok kirsten bell or smurfette ? |
Well Kristen Bell of course 
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject:
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Errrr you have not seen smurfette cc
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seems like smurfette isnt getting enough air being all blue and the side of a pencil 
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