Why was the loss of the 6th Army at Stalingrad so significant?

Answer: The German 6 Army was rather a monster for its day.​ Patton's Third Arm.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Why was the loss of the 6th Army at Stalingrad so significant? Doug Hensley, Playtester for Gary Grigsby's War in the East and sequels Updated Sun The German 6 Army was rather a monster for its day. Patton's Third Army, just to give a point of comparison, fluctuated around or below 6 infantry divisions, 3 armored divi...  Read More » What are the weirdest noises you have heard on a plane? Matt Swanson, I have traveled to 22 countries and 38 states Updated Jun 25 Woman goes to the back and into the bathroom on a plane. A minute later, another passenger (male) walk down the aisle. Tap, tap, tap, sound of door sliding open then closed. *giggle* ...  Read More » What happened to Flight 370 Malaysia from the pilot's perspective? Joe Shelton, Author, Pilot (Comm. MEL/SEL/MES/SES, Inst), Aircraft Owner Written Jul 2, 2017 From the pilot's perspective (and I am one), you won't want to hear the honest and truthful answer. Nobody knows what happened! Lots of conjecture (like the current other ans...  Read More » How powerful are grenades? Raphàel Scott, United States Marine, martial artist, and lover of all things mysterious. Written Jul 18 This is in my direct field of experience being an explosives expert. Regardless of what everyone here seems to be saying, hand grenades are extremely powerful. Anyone who s...  Read More » What was Donald Trump's college GPA? Nancy Perez Written Jul 27 For years, President Donald Trump has said it's clear that he is "a very smart guy" since he attended Wharton — a school he describes as "super genius stuff." Trump, who gra...  Read More » What things should one never purchase at an international airport? Eason Rangarajan, Frequent flier, OneWorld Ruby member Updated Jun 6 Everything. This reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld's bit about how airlines only exist to sell you things at the airport departure lounge. Food. ... Read More » Why did the US make so many concessions to the Japanese compared to the Germans? Why was Japan allowed to keep its emperor and why were thousands of war criminals allowed to go free? Frank Duncan, Extensive study about WWII Written Jun 19 The one and only concession made to the Japanese was when McArthur didn't hang the Japanese emperor. Period. McArthur may have had a LOT of foolishness attributed to him, b...  Read More » How long does it take a highly gifted mathematician like Terence Tao to master an entirely new mathematical discipline? Mo Nastri, B.S. Physics, University of California, Los Angeles Updated Aug 8 Here's an entertaining anecdote involving Ed Witten. Some context first. You may know of Ramamurti Shankar: He's the author of Principles of Quantum Mechanics, one of the mos...  Read More » Will you post a selfie as an answer and let people guess how old you are in the comments? Becky Butz, Construction Project Estimator (2012-present) Written Aug 1 Robert Puckett is literally the only person I know who thinks I look my age, so let's see what y'all think: Edit: too many comments to read through now so the correct answer isssssss ...  Read More » In the event of a war, what is the fastest the US could build an aircraft carrier? William Ward, Computer Scientist Updated Jun 16 In the event of a war, what is the fastest the US could build an aircraft carrier? Well, that would depend on what you're really asking. If you're asking how quickly the US c...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/