Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a key turning point in WW2 if not the most important. Germany and Russia (U.S.S.R) fought each other and it lasted around 8-9 months . The nazis were trying to capture the Russian city of Stalingrad while the opposition fought them off. The battle of Stalingrad is most well known for having so many casualties both army and civilian. Hitler had taken over most of Europe and wanted to continue his conquest and invade Russia.
They advanced their way throughout the mainland and came to Stalingrad, this was a city vital to the war effort with most of the tanks and oil coming from their and the factor estate a couple kilometres down the river Volga upon which Stalingrad stood. The Volga river was the main supply line for the Russian forces, by cutting off Stalingrad they would be able to access the river and block any supply ships from reaching the rest of the nation. When the fight began the Germans stayed back from the city a couple of kilometres and carpet bombed the main city of Stalingrad in hopes of killing off any Russian resistance. The Germans used over 1000 tonnes of bombs to destroy the city, this killed over 2,500 Russians in just 2 days.
The Nazis had the high ground which was the hill near the centre of the city. They had huge advantage over the Russians with the high ground along with the 1000000 troops that the Germans had to invade Stalingrad. The Russians had just 10,000 troops on the other side of the river Volga ready to defend Stalingrad. Despite how few troops there were 1 in 10 of them didn’t even have a rifle. That’s 1,000 soldiers going into battle unarmed. 80% of these troops were injured or killed within the first week. It seemed like the Germans would have an easy victory over Stalingrad.
The Russians then had to take desperate measures and brought their snipers in, due to snipers being able to hide in broken houses to take out German soldiers as soon as they were seen. The Germans then brought their snipers in due to the fact they couldn’t push forward unless the Russian forces w...