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'''Wilhelm Hoffman''' was a soldier in the 267th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division of the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|German 6th Army]] who chronicled the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in his journal, and is cited in many documentaries and books concerning that topic.<ref>Parts of his journal are cited in the documentary series [[The World at War]] (Episode 9, ''Stalingrad'')</ref><ref>Some parts are cited in the 1960s British magazine series ''History of the Second World War'' ([[Alan Clark]], ''Stalingrad'', Vol. 3 No. 9), published by Purnell and Sons.</ref> The most notable account used in both is the brutal six-day long battle between 16 and 22 September 1942 over a grain elevator where, according to him, only 40 Russian soldiers (he refers to them as ''"devils"'') were found dead in the elevator at the end of the engagement, while his battalion in comparison, suffered disastrously heavy losses. |
'''Wilhelm Hoffman''' was a soldier in the 267th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division of the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|German 6th Army]] who chronicled the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in his journal, and is cited in many documentaries and books concerning that topic.<ref>Parts of his journal are cited in the documentary series [[The World at War]] (Episode 9, ''Stalingrad'')</ref><ref>Some parts are cited in the 1960s British magazine series ''History of the Second World War'' ([[Alan Clark]], ''Stalingrad'', Vol. 3 No. 9), published by Purnell and Sons.</ref> The most notable account used in both is the brutal six-day long battle between 16 and 22 September 1942 over a grain elevator where, according to him, only 40 Russian soldiers (he refers to them as ''"devils"'') were found dead in the elevator at the end of the engagement, while his battalion in comparison, suffered disastrously heavy losses. |
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Revision as of 01:30, 5 July 2019
Wilhelm Hoffman was a soldier in the 267th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division of the German 6th Army who chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad in his journal, and is cited in many documentaries and books concerning that topic.[1][2] The most notable account used in both is the brutal six-day long battle between 16 and 22 September 1942 over a grain elevator where, according to him, only 40 Russian soldiers (he refers to them as "devils") were found dead in the elevator at the end of the engagement, while his battalion in comparison, suffered disastrously heavy losses.
His journal provides a first hand account of what the German 6th Army was experiencing and how they were coping with the situation, without the outside interpretive influence of propaganda and censorship. Although it is limited in information because it only gives the account of one person, it is still one of the few unaltered German accounts to survive World War II.
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- ↑ Parts of his journal are cited in the documentary series The World at War (Episode 9, Stalingrad)
- ↑ Some parts are cited in the 1960s British magazine series History of the Second World War (Alan Clark, Stalingrad, Vol. 3 No. 9), published by Purnell and Sons.
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