STALINGRAD

by Nicolas Trudgian

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'Stalingrad' by Nicolas Trudgian commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, which started in the summer of 1942. By the bitterly cold early months of 1943, the city on the Volga, once the pride of the Soviets, had become the grimmest theatre of the whole war. The German 6th Army, originally the aggressors, had become almost encircled by superior Russian forces. The German soldiers' only hope of salvation lay with the Luftwaffe which was now given the task of dropping supplies for their army instead of bombs on the enemy.

In ‘Stalingrad’, Me 109Gs of JG3 tenaciously protect He111s of KG55 and Ju52s of KGrzbV 9 from the attacking Soviet Yak 1Bs during one of those desperate supply missions over the smoking ruins of the city. The Luftwaffe's efforts to maintain contact with their ground forces enabled between 25,000 - 40,000 wounded men to escape the trap. Ultimately, however, the Germans were defeated and their failure to capture Stalingrad was subsequently seen as the most significant turning point of the war on the Eastern Front.

Autographed by SIX highly-regarded Luftwaffe airmen:

  • Leutnant Hugo Broch KC
  • Oberfeldwebel Franz Gapp KC
  • Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke KC
  • Major KURT DAHLMANN KC with Oak Leaves
  • Oberleutnant Max Lagoda
  • Major Erich Rudorffer KC with Oak Leaves and Swords
Media:
Lithograph

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