WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Who won the Battle of Stalingrad? The Battle of Stalingrad was won by the Soviet Union against a German offensive that attempted to take the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, Russia) during World War II.

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: -Besides the mind-numbing human toll of Stalingrad, the Germans lost 900 aircraft, 500 tanks and 6, 000 artillery pieces. With Soviet factories outproducing the Germans, the losses were impossible for the Nazis to make up.

Detailed explanation-4: -The tide of the war in Europe shifted with the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad (February 1943). More than one million Soviet troops and tens of thousands of civilians died in the defense of the city, but the destruction of two entire German armies marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich.