Stalingrad on the Volga River .
Stalingrad near Volga River
Stalingrad
The Germans lacked Hoth's 4th Panzer army which would have helped to capture the city of Stalingrad but instead the 4th Army was assisting Manstein in the Crimean peninsula . The loss of Paulus' 6th Army at Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for the Wehrmacht which the Germans never recovered from and lost momentum which was never regained and marked a signal victory for the Russians and was a significant morale booster to Russian war efforts .
The Russians treated the Allies differently because the Allies were on their side. Both the Allies and the Russians were trying to defeat Germany. In addition, Russia had a score to settle with Germany because of Germany's invasion of Russia.
The victory over the Germans at the battle for Stalingrad on the Eastern Front meant that the Germans were effectively fighting a two-front war . This meant that the Germans were forced to divide the bulk of their resources to fight both the Russians on the Eastern Front as well as the Allies on the Western Front . The Allies knew that complete victory over the Germans was then inevitable for had the Germans defeated the Russians then the Germans would then be able to commit their full resources to thwart any effort on the part of the Allies to invade and defeat the Germans who no longer had two fronts to fight on in the war . The Russian victory at Stalingrad meant that the Russians could indeed defeat German efforts and the Allies were encouraged by this who were then committed to the eventual defeat of Germany now having confidence that their Russian allies were capable of turning the tide of war against the Germans .
No. The Russians were forewarned of the attack. They created strong, interlocked defensive positions, to a depth of fifty miles in the threatened area. They allowed the Germans to blunt their weapons on the defenses, then went over to the counter-attack. The Russian counter-offensive beginning at the end of Kursk kept rolling until the Russians were in Berlin. After Kursk, the Germans never had the strength to mount another major offensive. It was their last grab for victory, but it still took nearly another two years to completely defeat the Nazis.
it was the first defeat for the germans
The Germans lacked Hoth's 4th Panzer army which would have helped to capture the city of Stalingrad but instead the 4th Army was assisting Manstein in the Crimean peninsula . The loss of Paulus' 6th Army at Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for the Wehrmacht which the Germans never recovered from and lost momentum which was never regained and marked a signal victory for the Russians and was a significant morale booster to Russian war efforts .
The year that the Russian defeated the Germans was the year 1945.
No , the Germans suffered a significant defeat at the hands of the Russians losing the battle for the city of Stalingrad ; one which the Germans never recovered from since the Russians from that point on had the initiative .
crushing
The Russians defeated the Germans with the blessings of Ol' Man Winter and the follies of Adolph Hitler. The Germans were frozen, starving, dying from the cold and lack of food and supplies. At the end of the Stalingrad Battle a bunch of simple grenades did the trick. Many Germans were taken prisoner as they surrendered in defeat. Adolph Hitler can be blamed for the demise of the German forces failing. He refused to let them quit and he would not send more supplies.
The Germans lacked Hoth's 4th Panzer army which would have helped to capture the city of Stalingrad but instead the 4th Army was assisting Manstein in the Crimean peninsula . The loss of Paulus' 6th Army at Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for the Wehrmacht which the Germans never recovered from and lost momentum which was never regained and marked a signal victory for the Russians and was a significant morale booster to Russian war efforts .
To suffer a crushing defeat. This comes from Napoleon's battle of Waterloo which he lost.
History doesn't report the number only that it was the last battle and fought after the Treaty of Ghent was signed. Andrew Jackson inflicted a crushing defeat on the British.
It is true. The reason would be after the crushing defeat of Stalingrad, the Germans began to decline from the Eastern Front.
It is true. The reason would be after the crushing defeat of Stalingrad, the Germans began to decline from the Eastern Front.
Germany had been winning in Russia, but that battle was literally hand to hand for every square inch that the Russians fought for. The entire population took part in defeating the Germans and it was a turning point for the Russians. Even today when you visit Russia they point out to you sites where they fought the Germans.
The Russians treated the Allies differently because the Allies were on their side. Both the Allies and the Russians were trying to defeat Germany. In addition, Russia had a score to settle with Germany because of Germany's invasion of Russia.