Hitler Issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 for Stalingrad Assault, April 5, 1942
World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad.
Date: April 5, 1942
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