Battle of stalingrad

By Tagomago888

  • Operation blue

    Operation Blue (Case Blue) begins, launching the German offensive in Southern Russia.

  • Startment of war

    The Battle of Stalingrad commences with intense German air raids and artillery bombardment on the city.

  • Early September

    German forces make significant advances, capturing parts of the city and reaching the Volga River.

  • Mid October

    Fierce street fighting begins as the battle intensifies within Stalingrad.
    Soviet forces launch counterattacks, trying to stabilize the situation in the city.

  • Operation Uranus

    The Soviets launch Operation Uranus, encircling the German Sixth Army inside Stalingrad.
    Soviet forces achieve the encirclement, trapping nearly 300,000 Axis soldiers inside the city.

  • December beginning

    Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, commanding the German Sixth Army, requests permission to break out of the encirclement, but Hitler orders them to stand firm.

  • Operation Little Saturn

    Operation Little Saturn, a Soviet offensive, begins to further tighten the encirclement and weaken the trapped German forces.

  • Early January

    Soviet forces continue to press the surrounded Germans, while conditions deteriorate for the trapped troops in Stalingrad.

  • Spliting on smaller groups

    January 31: German forces in Stalingrad are split into smaller pockets as the Soviets advance.

  • End of War

    Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus and the remaining German forces surrender. The Battle of Stalingrad officially ends with the surrender of the German Sixth Army.