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Battle of Stalingrad
Battle for Stalingrad -
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harvest of Victory
Soviet ships shipped supplies accross the Volga 32 ships were sunk -
Stalin appoints commanders
marshal Andrey yeryomenko and Commissar Nikita Khrushchev appointed defenders of Stalingrad -
Hitler issues orders for General Paulus to lead his 6th Army to attack Stalingrad
Germany's army force was built in secret before the war (McDonald; "Battle of Stanlingrad"). The army gained large amounts of strength because of extreme nationalism and personal loyalty to Hitler (McDonald). -
Bombing of Stalingrad
One thousand airplanes dropped bombs on the city of 600,000 people (Antill). -
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bombing casualties
955 killed and 1,181 casuaklties due to bombings -
night of bombing
fire storm in the city 90% of voroshilovshiy was destroyed -
German Army Begin to Advance
After reaching the River Volga, the German soldiers began their advance on the city of Stalingrad (Rees). -
Commander of 62nd Army
Lt.Gen.Vasiliy chuikov takes command "we will defend the city or die trying" -
Soviet Forces break through German/Romanian lines
Marshal Zhukov lead the counter attack against the German 6th Army, concentrating on the forces protecting it, which allowed the Soviet Red Army to be reunited (Antill; "Battle of Stalingrad Timeline"). -
Zhukov ordered attack
Thousands of rockets attacked the German pockets-Tanks poured in. -
Soviets begin to surround the German 6th Army
The Soviet Red Army begins to trap the 6th Army and some of the 4th Panzer Army, about 220,000 men, between them (Antill; "Battle of Stalingrad Timeline"). -
german 6th Army cut off
The besiegers were now beseiged -
The Luftwaffe begins airdropping supplies to the trapped German army
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Hitler orders German 6th Army not to retreat
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Operation Storm
An army under General mnastein fails to relieve the German 6th Army -
relief stopped
Soviet relief for Stalingrad halted -
zhukov launches attack
Attack makes resupply of Germans almost impossible -
Surrender request
General Rokossovsky requests 6th army surrender -
The German 6th Army surrenders
Although the Luftwaffe was able to keep supplies going to the 6th Army, airlifting more than 30,000 troops out, the Army was forced to surrender more than 92,500 soldiers, generals, and other officers, only 6,000 of which lived to return to Germany (Antill). -
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bombing on the city
over 1,000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on the city