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Battle for Stalingrad
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Soviet ships shipped supplies accross the Volga 32 ships were sunk
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marshal Andrey yeryomenko and Commissar Nikita Khrushchev appointed defenders of Stalingrad
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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).
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One thousand airplanes dropped bombs on the city of 600,000 people (Antill).
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955 killed and 1,181 casuaklties due to bombings
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fire storm in the city 90% of voroshilovshiy was destroyed
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After reaching the River Volga, the German soldiers began their advance on the city of Stalingrad (Rees).
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Lt.Gen.Vasiliy chuikov takes command "we will defend the city or die trying"
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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").
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Thousands of rockets attacked the German pockets-Tanks poured in.
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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").
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The besiegers were now beseiged
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An army under General mnastein fails to relieve the German 6th Army
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Soviet relief for Stalingrad halted
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Attack makes resupply of Germans almost impossible
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General Rokossovsky requests 6th army surrender
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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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over 1,000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on the city