As the Germans advanced towards Stalingrad in the Summer of 1942, the war came to the locals of the city and evacuation was slow to the speed of the Wehrmacht’s advancement. Because the city bore Stalin’s name it was of a high importance for the morale of the Soviet forces to hold it. Support the cartoons on patreon: www.patreon.com/simplehistory Get your copy of Simple History: World War II. www.amazon.com/Simple-History-simple-guide-World/dp/1505922410/ Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ www.simplehistory.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ Twitter: twitter.com/simple_guides Credit: Narrator: Chris Kane www.ckvox.com Artwork: Daniel turner Direction, Animation: Daniel Turner Research: Oleg Guimaoutdinov Music: Video Game Soldiers by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: www.twinmusicom.org/song/295/video-game-soldiers Artist: www.twinmusicom.org Full On by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300005 Artist: incompetech.com/ Devastation and Revenge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100694 Artist: incompetech.com/ Pictures: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

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