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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