The Battle of Stalingrad started on Sunday 23rd August 1942.
July 17, 1942
The objective of the Battle of Stalingrad was the Germans wanted to capture the town named after the Prime Minister of Russia and then cross the Volga river in order to continue their advance into Russia. The Germans lost the battle and the German VI Army was surrounded and surrendered. The Germans had to retreat in order to re-group. Stalingrad was where the Russians stopped the advance of the German army and they began to push them back out of Russia over the next year.
Germany, with Operation Barbarossa, invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. The Soviet Union held off German forces at Stalingrad during the winter of 1942 to early 1943. Stalingrad was a the major turning point on the Eastern Front of the European war. After Stalingrad, Soviet forces began to push the Nazis back, eventually to Berlin in 1945.
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The Battle of Stalingrad, began in the summer of 1942 and ended in January 1943
July 17, 1942
Feb. 2, 1943
17 July 1942 - 2 February 1943
17 July 1942 - 2 February 1943
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The objective of the Battle of Stalingrad was the Germans wanted to capture the town named after the Prime Minister of Russia and then cross the Volga river in order to continue their advance into Russia. The Germans lost the battle and the German VI Army was surrounded and surrendered. The Germans had to retreat in order to re-group. Stalingrad was where the Russians stopped the advance of the German army and they began to push them back out of Russia over the next year.
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