WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Stalingrad is considered to be one of the greatest battles of World War II. It marked a turning point in the war and significantly weakened Germany’s military forces.

Detailed explanation-2: -The battle for Stalingrad would rage on for 163 days, from August 1942 to February 1943, before the German Sixth Army, encircled and besieged, was forced to surrender. It was the turning point of the war on the critical Eastern front of World War II in Europe.

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. As the tide turned, the Soviets benefited from Lend-Lease aid from America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.