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In 1941-1942 When Germany invaded Russia under lies and Propaganda the Germans blitzkrieg had gone through most of Russia through cities such as Kiev(now modern day Ukraine), Even though most of hitlers generals decided against the invasion due to Russia's mass size, so one the Nazis reached Stalingrad Joseph Stalin the USSR leader at the time decided that he would not let the city that had his name go down. So he had sent his armies to hold out at Stalingrad while Stalin replenishes his forces. Stalingrad was one of the strongest concentraion of sniper and urban fighting activity of its time. In 1942 Russias forces had surrounded the 4th Panzer Army and the 8th Infantry, Which was under rule of General Paulus, and the Russian Forces were under General Zhukov. Stalingrad was the turning point of the war and the start of Stalins march toward the destruction of Berlin.

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