Education · intermediate · 15 min
Stalingrad to Kursk: the turning point in the east
Why the German summer offensive of 1942 ended in catastrophe and why Kursk, not Stalingrad, closed the door on German offensives.
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15 July 1942
Army Group South splits into A (Caucasus oil) and B (the Volga). Turn on 'Units' to see two army groups diverging — the first mistake.
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