When the Germans invaded Stalingrad from the north on Aug 23, 1942, the Soviets were caught off-guard. They had expected the enemy to come in from other directions, and had no infantry in place to guard against the oncoming attack. The only unit in place was the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
Without much in the way of options, the 1077th lowered their anti-aircraft guns to the lowest elevation and began firing at the oncoming tanks. Their ammunition, primarily flak rounds, was fairly ineffective against the Panzers, but they held off the oncoming troops for two days, destroying or disabling 83 tanks, 15 vehicles, wiping out 3 infantry battalions, and shooting down 14 aircrafts.
It was only after the Germans had finally overrun the 1077th that they realized all this time they’d been fighting young women who were barely out of high school... the 1077th was a young all-female volunteer unit with little to no combat experience.
Let that sink in for a moment #stayzero #ww2 #fuckaroundandgetflakked #zerofoxtrot #chicks