- World War II - Episode 05 - Barbarossa.
Dir. Jose M. Delgado. Perf. Drew Crosby. 2006. Amazon Instant Video.
- Jose Delgado’s 3 part epic about the
battle of Stalingrad goes over; Pre, Mid and Post-Stalingrad. This Documentary
was the Pre-Stalingrad, Operation Barbarossa. The Operation began on June 22nd,
1941. This was the largest offensive ever carried out in history. The Nazi
troops had to battle the Soviets on a two-thousand mile front. The documentary
explains that the plan of Barbarossa were only to push to the western border of
the Urals and to the very east of the Caucuses or as the Nazis referred to
them, “The Slovak Hordes” The Nazis would begin with three other nations on
their side; The Finnish (Who just nearly lost all their land to the Soviets),
The Hungarians and the Rumanians (Who lost one-third of their Nation to the
Soviets). The four nations would divide up into three “Army Groups” (North,
South, and Center) Army group North would take Leningrad. Army Group South
would take the “Slovak Hordes”, which doing so would cut Russia off from 90% of
its Oil. Army group Center would take Moscow and end the operation. The point
of Operation Barbarossa was to take area in the east for the racially
“Superior” to call home.
- World War II - Episode 14 - Stalingrad.
Dir. Jose H. Delgado. Perf. Drew Crosby. 2006. Amazon Instant Video.
- This part of Jose Delgado’s three part
Documentary which covers; Pre, Mid and Post Stalingrad, concerns the Mid-so
this is during the battle itself. It begins by filling the viewer in by giving
a quick general summary of the disastrous effects of operation Barbarossa;
within 2 months, the Soviets lost 3.3 Million men. It also introduces the
viewer to Stalin’s infamous order 227, in which any man who takes one step back
is to be shot. The Russian army started battalions of troops that would follow
the main troops and wait for one to show the slightest sign of fear and gun him
down. Then we get to the battle and are introduced the statistics of the two
sides: The Russians having:
- 350
Tanks
- 200,00
Infantry men
- 350
Planes
- 8,000
Artillery Pieces
- 750
Tanks
- 350,000
Infantry men
- 1,200
Planes
- 8,000
Artillery Pieces
Then the documentary proceeded to talk about the luring of the Germans into the city so that their bombers would be rendered useless. They then talked about the constant fighting over the Mamayev Kurgan (The highest point in Stalingrad). Then we proceeded to learn of the expertise of Vasily Zaytsev.
- World War II - Episode 15 - Kursk
Battle. Dir. Jose M. Delgado. Perf. Drew Crosby. 2006. Amazon Instant Video.
- In Jose Delgado’s three part epic about
the battle of Stalingrad. This segment is Final of the three part Documentary.
The three parts of course are; Pre, Mid and Post Stalingrad. This is
Post-Stalingrad. In this we quickly learn of the crushing defeat of the Germans
and their most prized weapon, the 6th army and the man in charge of
this army, General Friedrich
Paulus. The Germans were now fleeing from the “Slovak Hordes” in attempt to
lure in the Soviets, it partially worked. The Soviets chased the Germans and
stuck far out westward in relation to the rest of the front, so the OKW (The
German High Command) decided to surround and crush the soviets did the same to
Paulus. Stalin realized what was going on and he sent an “All hands” Message to
his Generals and the Soviets sent to Kursk:
- 10,000,000 Infantry
- 20,000 Tanks
- 3,600 Artillery Pieces
- 2,400 Planes
While the Nazis sent: - 900,000 Infantry
- 10,500 Tanks
- 2,700 Artillery Pieces
- 2,700 Planes
What ensued was the largest battle in human history to this very day. Although three times as many Russians died, the Germans lost the battle and it was a crippling blow which sent the Nazis fleeing to Berlin
- Learning, Experiential, and Components
Educators. World War II (1939-1945): Stalingrad (2012): n. pag. Passports.com.
18 Feb. 2013. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.
- This website was based for educational
purposes, not for students, but for the teachers. These many Primary sources
which were retrieved from there are all for a World History High School and
apart of also, a study abroad plan for the student teacher guides to ask the
students and educate them because the students need to learn something, not
just check out an old city. These documents ranged from the exact word-for-word
copy of the Infamous order 227 to the German radio message which was blasted
over Stalingrad which announced the German surrender. These documents help us
better understand the past, and exactly how brutal the battle was.
- Bethell, Nicholas R. Russia Besieged.
Virginia: Alexadria, 2002. Print.
- Russia Besieged by Nicholas Bethell is a
non-fiction book that runs entirely through the eastern front campaign, the
small Russian involvement against Japan in Manchuria. It gave me highly
qualitative information on the Russo-Finnish war which helped me further figure
out how much of an impact Finland had. Out of all of my secondary sources “Russia
Besieged” by Nicholas Bethell was without spot of doubt, the most helpful
source and most quantitative. This book made up probably about 40% of the
research in which I implemented. This book is highly education and also talks
about all of the wars involving Russia in-between World War One and World War Two.