Key
Players
Hitler appears courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org
Adolf Hitler- Dictator of Germany who organized
the invasion
of Russia
through Operation Barbarossa. Leader of the National Socialist German
Workers
Party (NAZI), eventually chancellor of
Germany, responsible for anti-semetic policy that resulted in 11
million
deaths, 6 million Jews, during the Holocaust, and committed suicide in
1945 in
his bunker in Berlin.
Stalin appears courtesy of
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Joseph Stalin- Achieved absolute control in Russia
as general Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party through the Great
Purge,
killing hundreds on his way to power. Stalin was a dictator and carried
the
blood of millions of Russians on his hands. Stalin brought a
Marxist-Leninist
ideology to his regime which now represented a system known as
Stalinism. Was
ruthless with regard to his purges during the war, and removed many
officers
for unspecified causes. His ‘Not One Step Backwards’ policy was a
ruthless
barbaric motivation for Russians to fight in Stalingrad.
Molotov
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Vyacheslav Molotov- Commisar of foreign affairs
for Russia
and head
of the “war party”
Goering
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Herman Goering- Head of the Luftwaffe and
economics for Germany.
Himmler
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Heinrich Himmler- Head of the SS and handled
all foreigners
conquered by the Germans. Responsible for many executions of innocent
prisoners
and longed to enslave the Russian people. Organized the Holocaust.
Keitel
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Wilhelm Keitel- Chief of Staff in charge of all
German
military forces. Hitler ran the war through giving orders to Keitel.
Chief of
the Armed Forces Office, Wermacht.
Timoshenko
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Semyon Timoshenko- War commissar and field
marshal of Russia.
First
commander of the field headquarters during Stalingrad.
Responsible for the leadership provided during Russia’s
war with Finland.
Timoshenko provided leadership at Stalingrad, when the Russians were
forced
into a fighting retreat from the border to Smolensk,
and later stabilized the front in the Ukraine.
Zhukov
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Georgi Zhukov- The finest general Russia
had to offer and originator of Operation Uranus which would provide
victory at Stalingrad. He was Cjief
of Staff of Russian armies and
in 1942 was sent to the south-western front to be incharge of the
defense at Stalingrad.
Khrushchev
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Nikita Khrushchev- Acted as a political
commissar at
Stalingrad after surrendering Kiev.
Aided with the defense of Stalingrad.
Yeremenko
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Andrei Yeremenko- Brought into Stalingrad
after the execution of the blunderous Pavlov. Essentially given the
objective
to save Stalingrad and managed very well, able to halt the German
offensive
outside of Smolensk.
Chuikov
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Vasili Chuikov- Commanded the Russian 62nd
during
Stalingrad from Spetember 12 1942 to
the
bitter end. Chuikov led his men so well that the regiment received
promotion
into the 8th Guards Army.
Von
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Friedrich Von Paulus- General of the German 6th
Army, that would suffer the worst within the city of Stalingrad in
result of
Operation Uranus, who refused to adhere to Manstein’s plea for him to
break out
of the Soviet trap. Paulus would not move until directed to do so by
Hitler, of
which the order was never given.
Von
Kleist appears courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org
Ewald Von Kleist- Kleist was Paulus’
superior
officer and
general. Commanded Army Group A during Stalingrad
and ordered the 8th’s retreat in 1944.
Von Manstein appears courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org
Eric Von Manstein- Undertook rescue
mission
with Army Group
South to rescue the 6th army. Tried to convince Paulus to
break out
of the encirclement with no avail and halted the red Army’s advance
upon
victory at Stalingrad.
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