I Will Stage A Coup D’état

As the Korean army rushed to dispatch troops to Africa, the German army was struggling in a hellish urban warfare.

“How many times have we captured and lost Mamayev Hill!”¹

The German High Command pressured Colonel General Paulus² several times a day with telegrams about the situation in Stalingrad.

Paulus also did his best, but he couldn’t overcome the fierce resistance of the Soviet troops who were stubbornly resisting, entrenched in the city that had been reduced to ruins by shelling and bombing.

The siege was also meaningless, as the Volga River³was frozen and Soviet troops were constantly coming and going from across the river on sleds and such.

At this rate, it was impossible to end the battle in a short time.

“It’s frustrating.”

Paulus felt extreme fatigue, to the point of facial paralysis, from the double hardship of battle and pressure from his superiors.

It would be nice to have someone to share his concerns with, but there was no one who could do that anywhere.