Matthew Maurer’s Reviews > Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 > Status Update

Really interesting and depressing stuff in here. The Italians sent their soldiers into a Russian winter with gloves that didn’t fit the finger guards on their rifles. Meaning they had to remove their gloves to shoot in sub zero temps, pretty dumb. Also introduced me to the Stalins order 227 aka “not one step back!” Terrifying