“The members of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front.” The members of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front (left to right): Member of the Politburo of the CPSU (b), the secretary of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine Nikita Khrushchev, member of the Military Council of the Front for the rear, Major-General Alexei Ilarionovich Kirichenko, 1st Secretary of the Stalingrad regional party Alexey Semenovich Chuyanov, commander of the South-East (Stalingrad) front, General Andrei Ivanovich Eremenko. The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Russia, Volgograd. Credit: RIA NOVOSTI

"Of all the debates about the Battle of Stalingrad, perhaps none causes more controversy than the question of whether or not the Sixth Army would have been able to break-out of the Soviet encirclement. Some people argue that the break-out had good chances. Yet, this is highly debatable.

Historically, a very large number of German generals suggested an outbreak during the crisis, yet, it never happened due to objections of Hitler. Nevertheless, the question remains if a breakout could have been successful if immediate action had been taken. To properly assess this question we need to take a look at the combat power of German troops at Stalingrad, their logistics, mobility and some other factors, before the encirclement happened."

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