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Stalingrad

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Originally Posted On September 29th, 2017


"Not One Step Back" - Order 227, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin


In August 1942 the Germans launched a direct attack against Stalingrad, committing up to 22 divisions with more than 700 planes, 500 tanks, 1,000 mortars, and 1,200 guns. Much of the fighting in the city and on its perimeters was at close quarters, with bayonets and hand grenades. About 300,000 Germans were killed or captured in the course of the campaign. Soviet casualties totaled more than 400,000. In November the Soviet forces began to counterattack and by the end of the year were on the offensive. Into the Donets Basin and then into Crimea and north to Belorussia before spearheading the Soviet drive to Berlin.


"He ordered us to stand fast and save Stalingrad. So we knew then that it was 'do or die.' We could not retreat." - Marshal Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov


Hello again everyone, this piece is long overdue, mainly because the battle actually started back in August and you know what I did in that month. My bio clock is quite broken and I'm recovering from it. This art again includes one of my main World War II characters, Starshina Sasha Pavlovich. More about her later on down the line. I personally don't really want to do this piece because there're other battles I wanted to do but since it's the month and I promised, here it is.


Next time we'll be back with tea and crumpets. Don't forget to bring a lot of ice and water. It's going to be really hot and really dry.


Special thanks to SimonSeville1500 for encouraged me to finish this piece and help me with some of the descriptions.


I use CLIP Studio Paint EX for all my artwork


"The heavy casualties, the constant retreat, the shortage of food and munitions, the difficulty of receiving reinforcements... all this had a very bad effect on morale. Many longed to get across the Volga, to escape the hell of Stalingrad." - Marshal Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov

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