The expectation was for a rapid victory–instead, German forces had to fight hard just to reach the outskirts of Stalingrad, and then found themselves embroiled in a protracted urban battle amid the ruins of a devastated city on the Volga.
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Stalingrad 1942–43 (1): The German Advance to the Volga (Campaign 359)
The expectation was for a rapid victory–instead, German forces had to fight hard just to reach the outskirts of Stalingrad, and then found themselves embroiled in a protracted urban battle amid the ruins of a devastated city on the Volga.