Battle of Stalingrad

Germany lost the war by underestimating the resilience of the Russian army and the logistical problems caused by an overextended supply line which could not meet the requirements of supplying the German Sixth Army while besieged by Russian forces at Stalingrad . The loss of the Sixth Army on the Eastern Front meant that Germany had lost the initiative to the Russians who went on to capture Berlin .

Yes It Was.

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you run one way forward if you go backwards your leader would be shot you cauld not go you could have one meal a day some people don't even get guns all they got are clips if you run out of ammo that's it they don't give you any more you had to find whats on the ground in -10 degree weather in ruins with enemy snipers mg42s German bomders an folling buildings for one year

The first large-scale German defeat of World War II.

The Battle of Stalingrad was as battle of World War II between Nazi Germany and its allies, and the Soviet Union, for for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943.

It is often cited as one of the turning points of the war. The battle was the bloodiest in modern history, with combined casualties estimated at nearly two million . The battle involved more participants than any other in history, and was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties by both sides. The German offensive to take Stalingrad, the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German 6th Army and other Axis forces around the city, was the first large-scale German defeat of World War II. The Battle of Britain, Moscow and El Alamein preceded it and were large scale defeats. Soviet and Russian studies identify ten campaigns, strategic and operational level operations.

It is of great strategic significance because during the battle a large air - sea battle was being fought for the Mediterranean. Much of the German air force was diverted from Stalingrad to fight in that battle. Germany could no longer fight in the East or the West without the battle for one affecting the other.

The reason Germany lost:

The Germans needed oil for their campaign into Russia. Hitler split his massive Moscow force into three pieces, of which the southern one advanced into the Caucasis to link up with German forces coming through North Africa and the middle east. Stalingrad was a great prize to claim along the way. For political reason the German army became involved in an attritional battle for the city with both Hitler and Stalin ordering "not one step back."

Despite weeks of intense fighting, the Russians managed to hold a small bridgehead on the bank of the Volga and supplies and troops were being ferried in large amounts into the city.

This allowed General Zhukov the Soviet Commander in chief to build a strategic reserve which was used to strike at the Romanian and Italian army that was fighting alongside the Germans. The Romanians collapsed and the Germans encircled.

Hitler would not give and sent in a large number of reinforcements, or permit a breakout by the encircled troops. The attempt at air supply of of the entrapped army failed because the German air force did not have the capacity due to other commitments.

Eventually, the Germans gave up and a hodgepodge of 91,000 cold, battered, and half-starved troops surrendered to the Russians.

Hitler's choice of choosing to advance his political agenda with disregard for military goals showed that he he had a poor grasp of military necessities . He chose to make political decisions at the expense of military goals . He thought that the "Iron Will of the National Socialist" would prove to be capable of persevering over military strengths and limitations .

he surrender to the ussr in the battle for Stalingrad against the orders from his supiriors.

Because he expected Paulus to commit suicide since no German field Marshall has every surrendered or been captured alive

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The Blizzard at the Battle of Stalingrad

The Soviets won the Battle of Stalingrad.

The Soviets won at Stalingrad. It took months and the Soviets probably lost as heavily or even worse than the Germans, but they could better afford the losses. In the end, the Soviets destroyed an entire Army Group at Stalingrad, over 250,000 Germans. More than 100,000 Germans were finally taken prisoner, and of those only about 6,000 ever got back to Germany, and not until the war had been over for ten years and Stalin was dead. This handful was returned in 1955.

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.

It is known that 2.5 Million People fought during the Battle of Stalingrad and ruffly 1.85 Million People were killed during the Battle of Stalingrad, so Around 650,000 people survived that battle 2/3 of the Survivors were Soviets.

because he lost..

The main reason why the battle of Stalingrad was so important was because it showed other countries that the germans were beatable and were weak when they challenged the most powerful nation of that time. Yes, many russains were killed at Stalingrad (more for the nazis), but the russains had more than 1,000,000 soldiers: the Germans+other axis had only 700,000. The Russains cracked the nazi's pride-filled ego and shook them to the core. This destabilised the nazi's and brought about their eventual downfall. INFO: Nazis Initial: 270,000 men 3,000 artillery pieces 500 tanks 600 aircraft, 1,600 by mid-September At the time of the Soviet counter-offensive: 700,000 men: (400,000 Germans, 200,000 Romanians, 100,000 Italians) 10,250 artillery pieces 500 tanks 732 (402 operational) aircraft Russains Initial: 187,000 men 2,200 artillery pieces 400 tanks 300 aircraft At the time of the Soviet counter-offensive: 1,143,500 men 13,451 artillery pieces 894 tank 1,115 aircraft

Nearly 2 million losses.

Due to the environment of Stalingrad which was litterally a hellish labyrinth of stone and crumbling buildings due to artillery barrages and constant bombings, Much of the combat in the battle of Stalingrad was conducted on foot, in house to house raids, many consider this to be one of the first great examples of Urban warfare.

This was certainly a battle of attrition on both sides, with much of the soviet union being conscripted from all walks of life, many didnt even have weapons and were simply thrown into the German lines as cannon fodder While the Germans were so stretched that while they had equipment for their men, it simply wasnt what many of them were used to. Russian snipers truly shined in this battle such as Vassilily Zaitzev (Spelling?) and many others being recorded as having over 500+ confirmed kills

The Climate and the landscape of the Soviet Union during the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the major reasons why Germany had a devastated defeat at Stalingrad.

This is because;

-With the heavy snow fall and icy conditions, it was very hard to transport SPGs and Tanks to the Battle field.

-Most of the Panzer Tank commanders were used to urban and field conditions, not cold and winterry conditions.

-The weather also restricted supplies to the Germans so, they couldn't send ammo or fuel to the main front line and to the German 6th army, who were trapped at Stalingrad.

The Official ending was 2nd february 1943 , according to some German Stalingrad documentary some axis soldiers (11 000) refused to surrender and hid in basements where they kept fighting till the early march 1943.

The Germans did not have oil

45,000 Civilians were killed during the Battle of Stalingrad. All of them were Soviet Civilians in Stalingrad. Most people died either from Starvation, Artillery or Ariel attacks or from Dehydration.

To be quite frankly, they didn't have any problems. The Soviets were trained to deal with the harsh weater conditions they experianced and had a good logistical support sstem of food, ammo and tanks.

the main type of warfare was close quarters combat the Russian general had a tactic of ''hugging the enemy'' so that the German planes couldn't bomb the Russians without hitting their own men it worked and slowed the Germans by weeks