Rob Edwards
William Hoffman: “Diary of a German Soldier”
This is a series of diary entries from William Hoffman, a german soldier who perished at Stalingrad
July 29th, 1942 – he has been told that victory is right around the corner at Stalingrad
In mid august, they reach resistance, which Hitler tells them is the Russian's last ditch effort
As they approach Stalingrad at the beginning of September, they see the glow of the city and are told it's because the city is up in flames and that victory will be easy now
Throughout september, the soldiers slowly realize that they are in for much worse of a fight than they though
Then during october and november, the germany army is worn down time and time again
Then throughout december, the soldiers become desolate and resort to things like cannibalism
This whole article basically shows the extent that the German army officials tricked the soldiers into thinking they were winning in order to keep up morale about the Stalingrad invasion
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