History Behind The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad is a war between the Soviet Union and Germany along with its allies for 5 months. That is from 23 August 1942 to 2 February 1943. The Stalingrad war aims to get control over Stalingrad city. As the city is located in Russia, it is also considered as the battle of Russia. During the second world war in Russia, they considered it a historical war and fought against Germany to protect their City.
Details of Stalingrad War
Fedor von Bock, Friedrich Paulus, Vasily Chuikov, Erich von Manstein, Nicholas etc are the key people who have participated in the Eastern front of World war - II. On the banks of the Volga river, the war is considered a great historical and patriotic war. Because the city of Stalingrad has such importance for Russians. The Stalingrad Volgograd had spread over 50 km and produced armaments and tractors to support the war. Being a sound industrial city, Stalingrad was produced easily.
If Germany captured Stalingrad, the Soviet Union may lose its connectivity with South Russia. That's the reason, the Russians made it a Stalingrad offensive war. Also, Stalingrad needs to act as a northern flank to drive the oil fields. It automatically declares the official victory of Hitler on Stalin. Hitler's major goal is to eradicate the Soviet forces from southern Russia. To achieve this, he approved a mission called Operation Blue. After that, the Stalingrad offensive was undertaken by Fedor von Bock in June.
Within a month, in July, Hitler has changed his original plan and implemented a simultaneous plan to fight against Stalin and made a trial to capture both Stalingrad and Caucasus. For the battle of Stalingrad, Hitler has divided the South army group into two different groups - groups A and B. These groups were looked after by Marshal Wilhelm and Maximilian von Weichs respectively.
This plan has shown results within a few days and the pressure has increased on Stalin. Also, each group was putting efforts separately on Stalingrad and Caucasus. Group B has shown less progress when compared to group A. It created a small gap between the two groups and immediately Hitler had reacted and provided assistance to group B from group A and the fourth army group.
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Role of Stalin in Stalingrad WW2
In the battle of Russia, Stalin has a remarkable history. Under the supervision of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, Stalin had taken the support of the 62nd, 63rd, 64th armies for the Stalingrad offensive towards Germany. He also inserted Eighth Air Army and Twenty-first Army in his command to respond to Operation Blue. By understanding Hitler's plans properly, directions have taken all safety measures which include - storing huge amounts of grain and cattle from the Stalingrad City etc. Even though the city had around 400,000 people. After he usually lost and had heavy casualties, Stalin influenced Russians not to give up at any cost and everyone should follow - NOT A STEP BACK!
Concluding The Battle of Stalingrad Date
After the implementation of various missions, applied plants from both parties, facing heavy losses, finally, the battle of Russia came to an end. But even today, everyone remembers the battle of Stalingrad also. Because the Stalingrad war created a great conflict and registered as a second world war in the minds of Russians. Finally Hitler was supposed to surrender his army but several German soldiers were captured by Stalin and his army forces. Around half of the captured soldiers died in the prisons of Russia. In February 1943, it became a great turning point for the Russian people's conflicts. Hence finally the battle of Stalingrad was won against the German soldiers by the Soviet Union.
At present, the visitors can see Stalingrad today's condition. Even though a few instances were reminiscent of the battle of Stalingrad, the city was reconstructed and developed with huge efforts. It became a defence capital for the Soviet Union after world war ii. The Russians get back their City along with its importance and richness in its sources.
FAQs on Battle of Stalingrad
1. Who won the battle of Stalingrad?
After a huge loss and heavy casualties, with the implementation of army forces from different regions and understanding the opponents of the plan properly, Stalin had won the battle of Russia against the German soldiers. Stalin had reacted soon according to the plan of Hitler and alerted the Soviet union people with extra army forces.
Also, Stalin had inserted 62nd, 63rd, 64th army forces besides other army forces. Another notable thing in the Stalin commander forces is the unity and teamwork with proper cooperation. Also, forecasting the attacks and reacting accordingly became another milestone for the victory of the Soviet Union on Germany. They always thought for their city and they took all the safety measures by keeping grains, cattle stored.
2. What is the total death count in the battle of Stalingrad?
On the banks of river Volga, after a horrible war between Germany and Russia, around 2 million people died. From Stalingrad city, around 50 km were spread by the army forces. About from these 2 million people, thousands of Russian civilians were injured and missed in the war. The same thing happened on the other side, also several German soldiers were frozen to death in Russian prisons. World War II has great significance and stood as a turning point for the Russian conflicts. The battle remains heavy casualties and a huge loss for both nations.
3. Why did Germany want Stalingrad?
Being an important industrial city and very near to the River Volga, it provides a Transit to various places. Also, the city was named after Joseph Stalin who was the leader of the Soviet Union. All these were attracted and influenced by Hitler and he wanted to capture the whole city and he planned to cut the connectivity from Southern Russia to other parts of the nation. So, he proposed various plans and altered them spontaneously. He tried hard to capture the city but unfortunately, he lost the war and Stalingrad City was owned by the Soviet Union.
