ASLComp Disaster on the Steppe

Much has been written about the German travail that came to go down in the annals of military history as the Battle of Stalingrad. Far less concerning the heroics of their stalwart Eastern European allies, the Romanians. Yet, after the men of the 20th Infantry Division beat back a full-on attack by the Soviets, aimed at cracking the perceived ‘weakest’ link in the defense of Stalingrad on 31 November, the materiel and spiritual deprivation of continued privations in the doomed city did not apparently diminish the martial ardor of the defenders.