Stalingrad Map

T-34 tank rumbles in Stalingrad

Stalingrad snipers

 
German tank
and infantry

 
General Paulus
German 6th Army

"...Capitulation is impossible. The 6th Army will do its historic duty at Stalingrad until the last man, the last bullet..."
>> Hitler's response to General Friedrich Paulus' request to withdraw from the city

Germans move through
the rubble

Stalingrad Map
Counterattack!

Grenade!

Battle for the factory

Crossing the Volga river

Soviet anti-tank gun

The Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World War II and is considered one of the bloodiest battles in recorded human history. The battle was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad, which is today Volgograd, the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces in and around the city. 

Total casualties for both sides are estimated to be over two million. The Axis powers lost large numbers of men and equipment, and never fully recovered from the defeat. For the Soviets, who also suffered great losses during the battle, the victory at Stalingrad marked the start of the liberation of the Soviet Union, leading to eventual victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.

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