Stalingrad Private Footage + 71st Infantry Division, Army Group South Ukraine, von Rundstedt - Pt 1

SUBSCRIBE Open a free account and see example exclusive footage Our author Heinz hand wrote this war diary while serving as a non-commissioned officer in the 71st Infantry Division which was nicknamed the lucky division. He served in Regiment 194. The diary is made up of 74 pages and includes that nice photograph of his beautiful wife. In this new multi-part series we’ll go through each day of his entries. In today’s video, part 1 in the series we’ll cover the days in Heinz’s diary during the lead up to the invasion. We’ll use situational maps to see how his unit fit into the larger context of Barbarossa and as usual I’ll mix in rare film footage to glue it all together. At the end of the video we’ll do some foreshadowing as I show some sensational private footage from Stalingrad which is where the 71st was wiped out. Friday, For the last few days the regiment’s staff has been garri