Battle of Stalingrad - Wikipedia The initial objectives around Stalingrad were to destroy the city's industrial capacity and block the Volga River traffic, crucial for connecting the Caucasus and Caspian Sea to central Russia The capture of Stalingrad would also disrupt Lend-Lease supplies via the Persian Corridor [49][50]
What You Need To Know About The Battle Of Stalingrad Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin
The Battle Of Stalingrad - WorldAtlas The Battle of Stalingrad is perhaps the most famous event of the Second World War Remembered for, among other reasons, its close-quarters urban warfare, its immense death toll, and its strategic importance to the overall conflict, it continues to persist in the worldwide historical consciousness
Volgograd - Wikipedia The Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest single battle in the history of warfare (casualties estimates vary between 1,250,000 [26] and 2,500,000 [27][28]) The battle began on August 23, 1942, and on the same day, the city suffered heavy aerial bombardment that reduced most of it to rubble
Why Was the WWII Battle of Stalingrad So Deadly? - HowStuffWorks Stalingrad was never meant to be the site of one of the most decisive and deadliest battles of the war, but it was there, in 1942, where the iron wills of two ruthless dictators — Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin — clashed in a monthslong, blood-soaked battle of attrition