Desperate Struggle To Save A Condemned Army - A Critical Review Of The Stalingrad Airlift

Stalingrad is often described as the turning point of the German war with the Soviet Union, or perhaps even the entire European war. This paper argues that the actual turning point was probably earlier in the Barbarossa campaign, and that the decision to hold Stalingrad, while a serious mistake, followed several other strategic blunders of Adolf Hitler.
Given that, this essay reflects a study of pr...