Stalingrad: A Captivating Guide to the Battle of Stalingrad and Its Impact on World War II by Captivating History

Author:Captivating History [History, Captivating]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-08-17T00:00:00+00:00

Many people believe that Stalin ordered no civilians to be evacuated from the city before the battle began, with his belief being that his soldiers would fight harder if civilians remained among them. This is not true. Civilian evacuations began the day after the first German bombing. Within the first days, over 100,000 people were sent eastward over the Volga to relative safety. More followed during the first part of the battle, when it could be managed.

However, many refused to go, voluntarily remaining at their factory jobs and helping the army and the medics. Many of those who lived in the city’s outskirts fell under German control. Sometimes they were treated decently, sometimes not. Many times, they were just ignored. Within the city, many took to the basements that still existed or lived in factories. Some even made “homes” within the rubble. Still, when the battle was over in February, the civilian population of Stalingrad numbered an estimated 2,000 to 5,000 people, a far cry of what it had held before. The rest were either evacuated or killed.

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