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Grim Order. Hitler's Wehrmacht had already goose-stepped over almost all of Europe and more than 700 miles into Russia when his elite Sixth Army and panzer units were sent to take Stalingrad in August 1942. As squadrons of Luftwaffe dive bombers darkened the skies above, German troops surged into the city and, toward the north, broke through to the Volga. But Stalin had issued a grim order: "Not one step backward." With their backs to the river's edge, the Russians dug in determinedly. They fought the invaders in the streets, factories and cellars for each...
...approximate cost: $600,000) jointly designed and built by West Germany and the U.S., is touted to be the ultimate in the next generation of heavy tanks. It can dash 400 miles at a top speed of 42 m.p.h. without refueling (v. 100 miles and 18 m.p.h. by the Panzer IVs of Rommel's famed Afrika Korps). It can cross rivers simply by driving underwater, locate targets in the night with infra-red and starlight viewfinders, and pinpoint their range with a laser beam. Automatic devices have reduced the standard four-and five-man crew to three...
...enemy arsenal consists of some 350 tanks, over 290 artillery pieces, ranging from 130-to 85 -mm. guns and 120-mm. mortars to rockets and self-propelled tank destroyers. Some 30 German panzer tanks, relics of World War II, are planted in fixed positions as antitank weapons, and the enemy has 200 antiaircraft guns...
...earth shook to the roar of can non and the bite of heavy treads as German-built Leopard tanks and tank destroyers, more than 100 strong, staged a mock panzer battle at the Bundeswehr proving grounds at Munsterlager...
...Soviet Marshals Zhukov, Rokossovski and Eremenko to draw the Wehrmacht into the encirclement of Stalingrad and thus turn the tide of the war in the East. Roessler also provided Russian propagandists with information-direct from Hitler's headquarters-that was used over loudspeakers to break the German resistance: "Panzer grenadiers of the 24th, we shall not be south of Voronezh the day after tomorrow as your leaders have assured you. Save your bread, your ammunition and your gasoline. The luckiest will be those who have kept a bullet to blow their brains out." After also relaying information about such...