Pavlov's House

[tigersqn]

Yacov Pavlov

A name which will forever live in the memory of the residents of the city of Volgograd, recently of Stalingrad fame.

Yacov Pavlov fought a 59 day battle with a platoon of 25 men for an apartment building overlooking 9th January square near the centre of what was then known as Stalingrad.

At the end of September, 1942, a platoon from the Red Army's 42nd Guards under the command of Sergeant Yakov Pavlov attacked and captured an apartment building only 300 yards from the Volga's edge. The victorious platoon, of which only 4 uninjured survivors remained, found numerous civilians(some of which would assist in the defence) sheltering in the basement of the building.
For several days these 4 men and the civilians supporting them held off against continuous German attacks to retake the building.
With food and ammunition getting exhausted, reinfocments totalling 25 men with ammunition, machine guns and, most prized, several anti-tank rifles.
Pavlov soon discovered that placing his anti-tank rifles on the top floor of the building allowed his gunners to fire into the thin top of the German tanks and prevented German gunners from elevating their main guns high enough to suppress their fire.

Throughout the 59 day battle for Pavlov's House, the defenders moved through holes cut into the walls to rush from one threatened sector to another in defence against the daily German attempts to capture the building.

Chuikov, the defender of Stalingrad, was later heard to comment that Pavlov's men killed more Germans than were lost in the liberation of Paris.

Pavlov's House was more than just a battle for an apartment building. It stood as a symbol of Soviet resistance not only for the Battle for Stalingrad, but for the Great Patriotic War itself.

The building was left the way it was after the battle as a memorial site of the Battle of Stalingrad and can be visited even today.

http://216.198.255.120/pavlov/ruspavlov.htm
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...Pavlov%20House
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com...ttenkrieg.aspx

[Lance Williams]

Wow!

[gobeavs]

Thanks Tigersqn! "Pavlovs House" is a level in Call of Duty, but I never knew the story behind it.

[Terry Patterson]

that battle was grissly enough in the game.i cant even imagine what it was like in real life.

[Patrocles]

Originally Posted by gobeavs

Thanks Tigersqn! "Pavlovs House" is a level in Call of Duty, but I never knew the story behind it.

yeah, and I also recall playing an ASL scenario covering this action.

thanks for the background!

[menel]

Pavlov's house looks different than in the game. It's from red brick.

[dannybou]

Originally Posted by menel

Pavlov's house looks different than in the game. It's from red brick.

Welcome to the forum menel. Would someone have a photo to post about the house today?

[menel]

This is it
http://monument.volgadmin.ru/istoria/pan3.jpg
Here you can find a view from the river
http://www.4windstravel.com/shows/ruscrs/volgogr.html

[dannybou]

Originally Posted by menel

This is it
http://monument.volgadmin.ru/istoria/pan3.jpg
Here you can find a view from the river
http://www.4windstravel.com/shows/ruscrs/volgogr.html

Great, thanks.