Battle: Battle of Stalingrad
August 23rd 1942-February 2nd 1943
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union.
Key Countries/People Involved: Axis Powers- Adolf Hitler, Erich von Manstein, Friedrich Paulus,W. von Richthofen, Petre Dumitrescu, C. Constantinescu, Italo Gariboldi, Gusztáv Jány, Viktor Pavičić. Allied Powers- Joseph Stalin Georgy Zhukov, Nikolay Voronov, A.M. Vasilevsky, Andrei Yeremenko, Nikita Khrushchev, Hazi Aslanov, K.K. Rokossovsky, Nikolai Vatutin, Vasily Chuikov.
August 23rd 1942-February 2nd 1943
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union.
Key Countries/People Involved: Axis Powers- Adolf Hitler, Erich von Manstein, Friedrich Paulus,W. von Richthofen, Petre Dumitrescu, C. Constantinescu, Italo Gariboldi, Gusztáv Jány, Viktor Pavičić. Allied Powers- Joseph Stalin Georgy Zhukov, Nikolay Voronov, A.M. Vasilevsky, Andrei Yeremenko, Nikita Khrushchev, Hazi Aslanov, K.K. Rokossovsky, Nikolai Vatutin, Vasily Chuikov.
Location: Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Events/Significance:
Allied Victory:
Events/Significance:
- End of German advances into Eastern Europe and Russia
- First major German loss during World War II
Allied Victory:
- General Paulus surrendered what remained of his army, 91,000 men.
- The freezing and starving Germans in Stalingrad.
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- http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_stalingrad.htm