Harsh, Frozen Urban Warfare
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Although it’s well-known that the battle for Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest and most pivotal conflicts of World War II, it’s still easy to underestimate how much every house and every street mattered during that chaotic conflict.
While it’s true that the Germans were famously unprepared for their invasion plan — Operation Barbarossa — to stretch into the winter, it’s also clear that Soviet troops were more prepared to camouflage themselves in the snow than their adversaries.