No Retreat Quotes
This was an incredible order not allowing any Russian Army unit to retreat or surrender. However, it worked. The Russians, with American help of arms, held off the mighty German invading Army. However the German invasion cost the Russians a staggering 22 million lives, mostly civillian.
Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle in human history with over 2 million casualties, many produced by Hitler’s order. The Germans were bogged down, could not take Stalingrad, the Russian Winter was closing in on them, the Germans were not equipped or dressed for the winter, and the Luftwaffe had not been able to resupply the armies who were out of food and ammunition. Paulus requested permission to surrender the army and received this response. Shortly thereafter, he disobeyed orders and surrendered what remained of the German forces who by that time were in terrible shape. Professional military men have criticized the Field Marshall for not having surrendered much earlier and saved so many of his men.
In a statement that resembled Margaret Thatcher’s famous words, see {35715}, Blair promised his party delegates that he would follow through on his past policy decisions, even though, in the case of his support of the Iraq War, they were controversial.
The Turks held and then counterattacked defeating the Greek invaders soundly. The Greeks then retreated and evacuated Anatolia but in vengeance for their defeat, followed a scorched earth policy and committed many atrocities on the Turkish villages they passed through.
