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Of all the debates about the Battle of Stalingrad, perhaps none causes more controversy than the question of whether or not the Sixth Army would have been able to break-out of the Soviet encirclement. Some people argue that the break-out had good chances. Yet, this is highly debatable. Historically, a very large number of German generals suggested an outbreak during the crisis, yet, it never happened due to objections of Hitler. Nevertheless, the question remains if a breakout could have been successful if immediate action had been taken. To properly assess this question we need to take a look at the combat power of German troops at Stalingrad, their logistics, mobility and some other factors, before the encirclement happened. Some thumbnail images generated by OpenAI's DALL-E. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized » SOURCES « Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: Armageddon in Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 2: September-November 1942. University Press of Kansas: United States, 2009. Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: Endgame at Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 3: Book One: November 1942. University Press of Kansas: United States, 2014. Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2015 Wettstein, Adrian E.: Die Wehrmacht im Stadtkampf 1939-1943. Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, 2014. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 6. Der globale Krieg – Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel der Initiative 1941 bis 1943, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, 1990 Germany and the Second World War – Volume 6 – The Global War Hartmann, Christian: Wehrmacht im Ostkrieg. Front und militärisches Hinterland 1941/42. De Gruyter Oldenbourg: 2010. DiNardo, R.L.: Mechanized Juggernaut or Military Anachronism. Horses and the German Army of WWII. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, USA, 2009. Wette, Wolfram (Hrsg.); Ueberschär, Gerd R. (Hrsg.): Stalingrad – Mythos und Wirklichkeit einer Schlacht. Fischer: Frankfurt am Main, 1992. Ausbildungsvorschrift für die Panzertruppe – Führung und Kampf der Panzergrenadiere – Heft 1 – Das Panzergrenadier-Battaillon (gp.) – H.Dv. 298/3a (5. 8. 1944) Klatt, Paul: BAKALOWO – Ausbruch au seiner Einschließung – Ukraine 1944; in: Truppendienst – Gefechtsbeispiele aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, S. 207-2014 » DATA CHAIN « Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Made with GeoHack Data. https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone #ww2 #stalingrad #militaryhistory