Hohenhfels is Hell this time of year. Graf is slightly worse.
But Stalin is dead and won't see the irony… and it's not called Stalingrad anymore..
Imagine what you could find magnet fishing down river from there. Whole Divisions didn't make it to the other side of the Volga.
They went quick. Some were sent across unarmed and told to arm themselves off dead bodies if they made it across. The people in town suffered for days and days. That was a fascinating battle. I've read around 10 books on it.