Essay On The Battle Of Stalingrad

The battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle in the World War Two , everything began when Adolf Hitler send the VI German Army of the Wehrmacht leaded by the prestigious General Friedrich Paulus and very intensive support of the Luftwaffe, they were sent to capture the city and keep moving forwards to the South-West Russian oil fields located in the Caucasus, Adolf Hitler though that it was necessary for the fuel of all the german war machine and the invasion of the Soviet Union, Hitler´s first objective. The german air support destroyed almost the whole city, the ruins of most of the buildings around the city made impossible the access of armoured companies in both sides , some tanks they even could not enter in some parts …show more content…
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Some historians agree that the Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of the war between the Soviet Union and the Nazi-Germany in the Eastern Front. Adolf Hitler the german dictator ordered the attack of the city of Stalingrad ( actual Volograd ) because the city had the name of the Soviet Dictator Josif Stalin , and the same happened with Stalin , he ordered the defense at full cost of the city, basically because his name was on it, and so the battle of Stalingrad became a personal fight between both dictators and lately the most bloody battle in the World War Two