Status Updates From Stalingrad

A couple of German perspectives. Multiple officers trying to figure out how to placate Hitler. The army general wants five days more before attacking Stalingrad while the Air Force general wants a week. Hitler says no waiting.

Most notable moments included the grandmother inspecting the orphanage and seeing bloody drawings of war done by the children. Also the story of a senior steel worker that still goes on for 18 hour shifts. The tanks made from their steel only drive fifteen minutes from the factory before they’re shot at. There are orders coming down the line to prepare to blow the factories up as the Germans arrive.

The first husband is hanging back after the HQ retreats in order to supply fuel to a stranded tank squad. He reads an order from Stalin that makes retreating illegal from then on. A different lieutenant who was injured for a bit and received care in Stalingrad is now back in the front wrangling his motley regiment.