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Battle of Stalingrad
It's a subjective question- there are lots of opinions on the matter. However, more often than not, the turning point on the Eastern Theater is generally considered to be the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad. The Red Army decisively defeated and completely destroyed a major German force, and prevented Stalingrad- an important industrial city named after the Soviet dictator- from being captured.
At the battle of Stalingrad (1942). Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeatedGermany at Stalingrad marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
The Russians held out at Stalingrad for many months. The Battle of Stalingrad was a long, epic, very bloody battle. It was the first time that German forces had been defeated and started a Soviet offensive.
Stalingrad
Barbarossa was the German invasion of the Soviet Union. In and of itself it was not necessarily a turning point. It committed Germany and most of its military resources to war with the Soviet Union. After initial successes, the Germans began to suffer major defeats. It was defeats such as the Battle of Stalingrad that were the real turning points on the Eastern Front and led to Germany's ultimate defeat in that theater of the war.
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a disaster for the German Armies
Stalingrad.
Any communist country besides the Soviet Union was considered an "eastern bloc satellite nation."
Major Soviet victories over Germany (and its allies) include: *Moscow (1941-42) *Stalingrad (1942-43. This battle is widely regarded as the key turning point on the Eastern Front). *Kursk (1943)
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