stalingrad
•Germans want the oil fields of the Caucasus region
•Begin Sept. 1, 1942
•Germans capture much of the city in street to street fighting
•Nov. 23, 1942 Germans get trapped in the city
•German Commander Von Poulus ordered to fight to the death
•Between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 300,000 German troops surrender
•The a major turning point on the Eastern Front of WWII
•Largest battle in human history (2 million casualties)
•Begin Sept. 1, 1942
•Germans capture much of the city in street to street fighting
•Nov. 23, 1942 Germans get trapped in the city
•German Commander Von Poulus ordered to fight to the death
•Between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 300,000 German troops surrender
•The a major turning point on the Eastern Front of WWII
•Largest battle in human history (2 million casualties)
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a major and decisive battle ofWorld War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought theSoviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the southwestern Soviet Union.
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