The_Battle_Of_Stalingrad

The Battle Of Stalingrad The battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War Two, and considered the bloodiest battle in World War Two by many historians (Kerr). It ended the German offensive in Russia and destroyed much of Germany’s armies and would result in an end to the war (Kerr). Stalingrad is located along the west bank of the Volga River in Russia and was targeted by Hitler for many reasons (website 2). He not only despised Stalin, who the city was named for, but if he could capture the city it would give him easy access to the soviet oil fields in the Caucasus (website 1). The city was also the center of communications in southern Russia and a manufacturing center (website 1). The Battle of Stalingrad was a one hundred and ninety nine day long battle that began in August 1942 and ended on February 2, 1943 (Hoyt). In response to the beginning of the attack Stalin ordered “Not a step backwards”. He knew he could not afford to lose the city (website 1). After this victory by Soviet Russia, the Nazi leaders faced, for the first time, the prospect of a final defeat stalingrad, battle, website, city, paulus, hitler, general, army, trapped, men, kerr, germans, war, troops, russians, russian, led, hoyt, encyclopedia, armies, surrender, russia, german, both, been, wounded, won, two, stalin, soviet, sixth, one, man, little, last