Byron King Wrote A Superb Energy Piece.

I think the use of the name Stalingrad is entirely justified. 

In the fall and winter of 1942 – 43, Germany’s 6th Army fought its way into the city of Stalingrad where it became surrounded and trapped. Then it was systematically destroyed by a combination of hellacious-cold winter weather and the unyielding steel of the Soviet Red Army – but mostly by the unyielding steel of the Soviet Red Army. Now, 79 years later and as the winter of 2022 dawns, Germany is entering the late stage of another massive strategic calamity, although not involving the carnage of war on a distant front. Instead, Germany is on final countdown to ruin its energy supply at home. 

Byron, ever eloquent, draws a real picture of Germany's predicament and Byron is no hack.  Here is his background:

I am a... Geologist. Retired Navy officer. Student of history. And I hold earned academic degrees from Harvard, the US Naval War College and the University of Pittsburgh.  

So, there is both military and natural sciences foundation allowing to draw correct parallels. Just read the whole thing.