The Germans are essentially run out of supplies in a foreign land and the Russians must fight to survive in their homeland. Very much the same for Napoleon army before that and the French and American in Indochina later on.
It was the USSR which were victorious in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Stalin.
The communist leader who defeated Hitler in the battle of stalingrad was Joseph Stalin. He was the leader of the USSR who defeated Germany in the battle of Stalingrad.
The Stalingrad battle was costly because it was a war of attrition between Russian and German forces who fought street by street and house by house . Hitler and Stalin because of their egos would not allow their efforts to seize Stalingrad , Stalin's namesake city , to be thwarted by their arch rival so they made extraordinary efforts in terms of men and material to win the city .
Adolf Hitler for Nazi Germant and Joseph Stalin for the USSR.
They were allies and were suppose to help eachother but they didnt help Stalin when needed so he resent them.
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Main thing was the weather/climate and their knowledge about the battle before the battle.
Because the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the turning points of WWII. (i. e. The Germans could not win, and after the battle the Soviet Red Army started to advance into Western Europe. )
The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest in modern history, with combined casualties estimated at nearly two million. In July 1942, General Friedrich Paulus, the commander of the 6th Army, was ordered by Adolph Hitler to capture the city of Stalingrad. General Georgi Zhukov was personally selected by Joseph Stalin himself to defend the city of Stalingrad.
Some of the better books on the Battle of Stalingrad are Enemy at the Gates : The battle For Stalingrad by William Craig , Stalingrad by Heinz Schroter , The Road to Stalingrad : Stalin's War With Germany Vol 1 by John Erickson , To The Gates of Stalingrad : Soviet - German Combat Operations , April - August 1942 Vol 1 by David M . Glantz , Armageddon in Stalingrad : September - November 1942 Vol 2 by David M . Glantz and , yet to be published , Vol 3 by David M . Glantz - title undetermined .
The battle at Stalingrad took place because Hitler had invaded Russia and was defeating the Russian army at every battle as they advanced through Russia. When Hitler ordered an attack on Stalingrad (some historians feel he only did it because he hated Stalin and the city was named after him), Stalin ordered the city held at all costs (and some historians feel that he did that because the city was named after him.) Therefore, two great armies met headon at Stalingrad. And the Russians defeated the Germans in what was to be the turning point for the allies defeat of Germany.