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Originally Posted by deadkenny
...Stalingrad was in fact fought from the second half of August '42 to Feb. 1 '43, or just about 5.5 months. So, two years is rather an exaggeration.
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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
I so stand corrected but I was actually thinking the entire front.
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If by 'the entire front' you're referring to the entire campaign, starting with Operation Blue, then that started in June 1942 (May 1942 if you want to start from the failed Soviet attack on Kharkov and the resulting German operations to cut off and defeat the Soviets there) through to von Manstein's 'backhand blow' back at Kharkov in Feb. 1943 is is still only 8 (or 9) months, not 2 years.