Russia 1942/43 Battle of Stalingrad „The way from Stalingrad goes with a Ju via the military hospital“. (Original letter 44. Infantry Division from Vienna Austria) For many German soldiers, minor wounds were the only way to escape the Stalingrad pocket. Serious wounds, on the other hand, were the almost certain death sentence. Often there was just not enough room in the Ju-52 transport aircraft for wounded soldiers to be transported lying down. One lying wounded man took the place of three stand