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the beginning of the battle
Soviet forces surrounded and crushed an entire German army under General Friedrich Paulus. This battle is one of the most important battles on the eastern front and considered a major turning point in world war 2 -
the day of the first attack
Hitler orders the attack, German 6th Army goes on the offensive, attacking Stalingrad. -
the 6th army advances
the 6th army advances over the bridge into stalingrad -
the urban street fight
the Germans advanced to the outskirts of Stalingrad city and were prepared to take it but the Russians built up their defenses. but at then end after some reinforcements the Germans were at the middle of the town with the flag up. -
the day they fought back and turned night into day
they Russians started their offence and they lit up the sky with rockets and cannons. it rained down on the germans.Soviet ground forces moved through. within a few days the Germans were cut off, and totally surrounded -
Russia launches a counter attack
The German army were running short of men, supplies and ammunition. The German army should have fought their way out, but Hitler ordered them to stand their ground, this was a fatal mistake -
trapped in Stalingrad
The Luftwaffe commanded by Marshal Hermann Goring promised to resupply the Sixth Army from the air but proved unable to do so. winter was starting to set in and it was getting harder to resupply them. so they sent in a rescue mission but it was cut short and the germans were trapped in Stalin grad -
hitler surrenders
the middle of a harsh winter, with his troops freezing and starving with more then 100 000 casualties happeing he finally gives up on stalin grad -
hitlers defeat
after this hitler blamed his generals for not winning the battle and he was forced to drive the rest of the war west.