WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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They took over the city
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They lost the battle and almost 1 million soldiers
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They found an empty city
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They were met with little resistance
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Detailed explanation-1: -Forbidden to break out by Hitler, the Sixth Army endured until February 1943, when its exhausted remnants surrendered. The Germans lost a total of 500, 000 men during the Stalingrad campaign, including 91, 000 taken prisoner.
Detailed explanation-2: -Soviet forces launched a counteroffensive against the Germans arrayed at Stalingrad in mid-November 1942. They quickly encircled an entire German army, more than 220, 000 soldiers. In February 1943, after months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, the surviving German forces-only about 91, 000 soldiers-surrendered.
Detailed explanation-3: -Then, late that summer, the Nazi leader attacked Stalingrad. That decision led to Germany’s first major Eastern Front defeat and became the turning point of World War II. “If you look at the whole operation, the Soviets essentially wiped out the German Sixth Army and a Panzer army…