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Battle of Stalingrad
Sampson, Everlito and Chrisvels
Main FactsLocation: Stalingrad was located in Southwest Russia on the Volga River.Who was involved: ❏ The German army was led by General Friedrich Paulus. ❏ The Soviet Union (Russia) army was led by Joseph StalinStarted: August 2,1942- Febuary 3,1943 Goals and Objectives:
➔ Stalingrad was an important city in Germany's effort to take control of the south of Russia and the oilfields in that region. Also, the city served as an industrial center in Russia, producing, among other important goods, artillery for the country’s troops.
Overall Allied Strategy❖ Russians
○ Soviet launched attack - It was successful - understand their own weather conditions
○ supported by France and Britain ○ helped to stall Hitler from attacking the western front
❖ Germany ○ They dig during winter and suffered huge losses○ Germany wasn’t prepared for Russia’s cold harsh winters○ Hitler wanted to take Stalingrad because of Caucasus oil
fields ○ They attacked simply because the city was named after
Stalin○ attacking the area helped to cut Soviet transportation○ helped to secure more economic resources
Events Leading Up the Battle● General Paulus captured city of Volga (north of Stalingrad) while the other
units of the Army began heavily bombing the city.● October 1942 - The Germans attack one major in an attempt to take the
Stalingrad it before winter, but the exhaustion and rising shortage of ammunition stopped them.
● November 19, 1942- Operation Uranus○ encirclement of the German 6th army, 3rd and 4th Russian Armies○ purpose: to destroy German forces near Stalingrad○ The Germans faced the harsh conditions and below freezing
temperatures. Hitler refused Paulus from retreating.● February 2,1943 - General Schreck surrendered the northern group.
How Did It Play Out? German, Italian, and Romanian troops surrendered
- eventually, remaining German airports taken by Soviet - cuts off all of German’s supplies - German troops finally all surrender - 5,000 out of 90,000 return to Germany after surviving
Soviet’s prisoner of war camps
German Army Russian Army
Led by Paulus Led by Zhukov
1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men
10,290 artillery guns
13,541 artillery guns
675 tanks 894 tanks
1,216 planes 1,115 planes
Use of Weapons
Progress of the Battle (MAP)
Operation Uranus
Operation little Saturn
Losses Sustained By the Countries Involved
ImpactIn February 1943, the Russian army had recovered Stalingrad and captured nearly 100,000 German soldiers, although resistance continued to fight in the city until early March. Most of the captured soldiers died in Russian prison concentration camps due to illness or hunger.
Stalingrad's loss was the first defeat of a war Hitler had publicly acknowledged. This put Hitler and the Axis in a defensive state and strengthened Russia's confidence as it continued to fight on the Eastern Front during World War II.
Final OutcomeThe last German troops in the Soviet city of Stalingrad surrender to the Red Army, ending one of the pivotal battles of World War II.➔ Soviet union defeats the Germany ➔ 800,000 axis powers casualties➔ 40,000 civillian deaths➔ 1.1million red army casualties➔ 1.9million total casualties➔ Around 100,000 Germany prisoner of wars➔ Raised the morale of the Alliance’s soldiers
The Battle of Stalingrad was a turning
point in WWII. The Soviet army
managed to stop and turn back the
Nazi army, which had conquered
nearly the entire Europe. However,
Nazis never recovered from the strike
that the Soviet army delivered on them
in Stalingrad.
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