1. The Battle of Stalingrad August 21, 1942- February 2, 1943
Jess DeLucia, Laura Rutledge & Tom Collis

3. Description of Battle Took place in city of Stalingrad
Fought between Russia and Germany
Hitler ordered that the German Army couldn’t surrender, despite Russias six armies plan to surround the city.
Caused them to lose more supplies and lives.
Germans eventually had to surrender when they ran out of supplies and 91,000 men were taken prisoner.

4. Leading up to Battle 1941 Operation Barbarosa failed
May 1942 Germans resume their attack
June 1942 German forces invade Eastward across South Russia toward Stalingrad and the oil rich caucasus region
After capturing Rostov July 27th, German forces split

5. Once branch captured port of Sevastopol
The other moved towards Stalingrad...

7. Goals & Objectives Germans: Russians:
humiliate Stalin and secure capture of the Volga River
cripple Soviet war effort
Secure routes South to oil fields of Caucaus
Russians:
Protect land by any means

8. Losses
Axis powers suffered 850,000 casualties of all types (wounded, killed, captured, etc.)
Red army suffered total of 1,129,619 casualties

9. Outcome & Impact Soviets won
Marked end of German advance on Eastern Front
German army’s greatest defeat
Marked turning part of WWII
against Nazi Germany and Allies

10. Facts One of the bloodiest battles ever
The “harvest victory” left the city short of food even before the German attack
“If I do not get the oil of Maikop and Grozny then I must finish this war.” –Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad was named after the supreme commander of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin