Submitted by Luke from DC (not verified) on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 18:17
During WWII, Hitler got 600,000 Nazi troops kettled ("Der Kessel" ir was called even) at Stalingrad-all because the city was named for Stalin. Neither Hitler nor Stalin could let go of it, forcing a fight to the death over a position thr Nazis could have bypassed on the way to the oil fields.
The whole war may have been decided there-and had the city had its current name of Volgograd the outcome if WWII (my father's war) may have been entirely different.
During WWII, Hitler got 600,000 Nazi troops kettled ("Der Kessel" ir was called even) at Stalingrad-all because the city was named for Stalin. Neither Hitler nor Stalin could let go of it, forcing a fight to the death over a position thr Nazis could have bypassed on the way to the oil fields.
The whole war may have been decided there-and had the city had its current name of Volgograd the outcome if WWII (my father's war) may have been entirely different.