Nicely put James. If you've read " Stalingrad" by Anthony Beevor you could weep for these kids in the 6th Army betrayed and left to die by Hitler and Goering.

My mother is German and she told me about my grandpa's (Opa) brother dying there in February. That would mean he went through almost the entire encirclement and starvation phase of the battle. By that time many sought death as a release from their misery which is hard to imagine. I'm currently reading Theodor Plievier's 'Stalingrad' which is an excellent read as Plievier interviewed many surviving POW's so he was able to incorporate individual experiences and integrate them into a work of fiction which in fact is very truthful. You're so right. Many of the German soldiers were conscript's not even 20 years old. It's always tragic when young lives are cut short and especially on the scale they died here, which in the end was for nothing. People and history label them 'Nazis' but many were there because they didn't have a choice. According to my mom the Nazis had such a tight grip on German society SS men would take down names of people attending Mass in her small town as 'potential enemies of the state'. These soldiers I can sympathize with as a veteran. They were ground pounders doing what was asked of them because propaganda told them they were right. Same today, same back then except the victors get to write their version of history. Sorry for the long reply, I'll check out that book. Thanks for the recommendation!

I couldn't imagine a worse fate than struggling in a gas chamber with my children... .............................

Hell was inside of city like in leningrad or stalingrad and in every conctration camp all this soldiers willinglly served evil and do evil

above very well said the last 8 words soo true bout misguided superiority ton of that ca-ca

It wasn't like they were stuck there for months on end. The soldiers were rotated on their tours of duty within their divisions. Also, there was much to do on an airfield at the front - the daily reconnaissance, bombing, interception, patrol sorties. Then the supply and ambulance flights, mail, dispatch flights etc.

Mohabat khan Malak really ignorant comment. In the last few weeks of January 1943 the airfield was piled high with frozen dead bodies and basically no food, medical supplies, ammo, all of the men were covered in lice and many had Typhus.

@Patrick Johnson where do you get your facts about the Eastern Front from?

Gone but NOT forgotten, as evidenced by these young people, eager to learn their history.

germans spit on their own soldiers call them murderer most of the world hollywood do the rest they be forgotten in a dirty way this is sad

+Jesus. If you know history, you will agree that Hitlers men were feeble Boy Scouts compared to the Soviet Cheka and NKVD, who murdered _tens of millions_ of their own people - during peacetime. Google the drawings of Danzig Baldaev or the writings of Alexander Solzhenitsyn to understand the sheer magnitude of the mass murder of Soviet citizens.

Thord Katyn Poland

Jesus Silva nazis were a political party. not every german was a nazi.

I am interested in those narrations as well!

Keep doing what your are doing, and don't let stupid small minded people stop you. We need to preserve as much as we can from this war.

above...u have a nice approach.. but .don't know why many are ready to jump down ur throat'' old hate? know how crazy stalin was at begining war...he sent his men in w/no rifles ann they would exchange rifle to those who had none...stalin was like from the caves'' gooofee

@@tomortale2333 I guess they just want to take a stab at me and the history. But it is in the past and a grudge is either inherited or acquired. About 1.5 million airmen flew in the Luftwaffe aircraft, pretty small numbers to a lot of people who now inhabit the planet. My Grandfather flew with Stukas with StG77, StG 151, TDY ad hoc Transportstaffel/VIII. Fliegerkorps (see above), and SG 151 to finish out the war in Yugoslavia. Probably the most hated person to my Grandfather was Hermann Göring of all people. Yes, the Luftwaffe leader, who my Grandfather labeled gluttonous "idioten" and a turncoat to the aircrews who fought and died in the skies over Europe. Never mentioned Hermann's name in the house.

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tundralou he didn’t care.

benvolio mozart around Christmas he bragged that had captured it “practically “ just like North Africa he abandoned whole army’s to their faith, after all he was the fuhrer(leader) yes ?!

@benvolio mozart impossible to break the encirclement with the tanks, vehicles, and artillery. Yet some soldiers and units did break out with small arms. They could have broken out right away, as there were significant amounts of German forces just West. Again, Paulus feared to disobey orders, which he later regrets.

Baz Bazdad :

@Baz Bazdad Mmm like the Americans in Iraq? The British in South Africa? So we should feel no remorse for the suffering of people who lived under different circumstances than us? I can promise you that you would have been one of those German men if you were born in the right time, in the right place.

@Baz Bazdad So if it's the case that I missed your hidden point, you might want to rephrase your words so it actually reflects the meaning that you're trying to convey.

Im pretty sure its from Wehrkreis XIII (13) not VIII (8), which would make more sense, since you can read the name of the city "Würzburg" pretty well in 7:24 in the line below, which lies in Wehrkreis XIII.

Probably because there's unexploded bombs and shells under the ground too. You'll blow yourself up if you're not careful.

@BANASTRE TARLETON ...do you think the American POW "s that were starved, tortured and killed by the Japanese were well deserving of their fate? All soldiers fight for their countries, they have no choice....your comment only shows your ignorance...you are a little pea brained being

@Baz Bazdad ...interesting...I can only repeat what my uncle told the family...maybe they had both airplanes there

34 people is to many I think it carried around 20 people. Or It could carry around 2 tons of cargo.

@Baz Bazdad In the book by Antony Beevor , He said they landed some condors there and one had 70 aboard when it stalled during take off and crashed All 70 and crew died My personal belief is the pilot was desperate and trying to climb to high to fast Witnesses said the tail droped down..... I think the thing most people do not understand is that moving an entire army in real life is not as easy as making a move in a game. Especially when they were short of supplies , food and transportation even before they were surrounded. In the real world before Stalingrad the Russians tried to break out of KIev If I remember right with out Stalins permission and were slaughtered. They lost 400,000 troops there.

@Pretty fly for a WiFi..... LOL...so you were there ....wow...an eyewitness,,,but funny, my uncle who fought there told a different story..you're a pathetic FAKE with fake slander to besmirch the honor of the German Wehrmacht

“Permission to break out granted, sorry for delay”

radonpq99 Do you ever wonder or have sympathetic thoughts about the thousands of Russian civilians who died as a result of the German invasion ?

More Communist sympathisers. Is this airfield a place of Russian suffering, or German? Retards.

@@jmc2903 Let the man Grieve the germans loss of life if he wants too..

they deserved what they got. they had no business but evil to be there.

Wtf?

dave davo go to a battle sight and see if you can feel the change in energy some souls will stay and not move on to the after life you can find balls of light in pictures and human remains pop up after heavy rain

Farmers in France are still getting blown up by UXBs from WW I

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its now volgagrad

Pls share your experiences. What did he said?

@@princekumar-nc2ve He said he was lucky

@@greasyflight6609 what the pitomnik airport looked like in those times ?

A few weeks earlier . Then they had 2 smaller fields that were also over run by USSR victors. See you Tube ......Stalingrad Part 1 of 3 Audiobook FULL by Atony Bevoor ....or get the book

Jan.23 last flight out

The distance between Pitomnik and (Volgograd) Stalingrad approximately 15 kilometers.

you mean "were nazies"? they should have deserted ( I know it's not easy to accept what I am saying)

Not all Germans was not nazis? So all germans was nazis is what you are saying?

Only a dumbass would belueve all German soldiers were Nazi's.

To detect all those valuable medals

blixtkrig Yes. It‘s open to go. No one cares. But it‘s not easy to find. No signs, nothing. But if you there, it‘s amazing. You can find all kind of shit there. You see all bunkers and shelters.

blixtkrig looks like there has been digging.

no there are still fuel cans just siting in fields--------------it is against Russian law to take anything away--------or it was their law----------in the 1980's you could kick soil and a scull would roll out.