re: German press on defeat at Stalingrad

Between December, 1942 and February, 1943, the newspaper inches its readers along, the reports become gradually more and more desperate. At the same time, the strategic soundness of abandoning Sixth Army, along with the themes of heroism and sacrifice, are elevated to the point where, the authors claim, these considerations far outweigh any loss of life and material.

Of course, anyone who looked at a map could see otherwise. And I imagine many Germans saw here writing of a different kind--the writing on the wall that heralded the inevitable defeat of Germany.