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Never, ever, ever invade Russia in the winter
• All of your men will die
• Germans have no winter gear
• No antifreeze for tanks
• Insufficient supplies
• Guns, tanks, trucks, men, horses all freeze
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Really?
Armor is so strong, Panzer III and IV rounds bounce off.
Germans forced to use heavy artillery, antiaircraft guns as tankstoppers
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Production of the T34
• Start of Barbarossa, T34 is only 4% of Russian tank arsenal
• As Germans advanced on Kharkov, the entire tank factory was put on trains, shipped east
• This moved factory produced 40,000 tanks
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"Tankograd"
• City dedicated to building tanks
• 50% female workforce, 15% boys, 15% invalids
• Diversity!
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Moscow Attack Stalls
Reason #3
• There are so many Russians
• Yes, that is seriously a reason.
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That's the center, what about the north?
• Key objective in the north: Leningrad
• Germans surround it, begin siege
• September 8, 1941
• "The 900Day Siege"
• Hunger Plan Alert!
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Siege/Battle of Stalingrad
• Symbol!
• Called "Stalingrad," after all.
• Video!
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When does the battle start?
When does it end?
How many casualties?