Stalingrad Turning Point

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During World War Two there were many battles one of the more important ones was The Battle of Stalingrad. The battle was not over supplies because the oil was south of Stalingrad but because of the name. The most feared weapons were the snipers the best sniper was Vasily Zaytsev. The battle had 800,000 German army deaths. Stalingrad was the first battle the Germans lost, and was considered a turning point in the war.
The Battle had 800,000 German troops killed, wounded, missing, or imprisoned troops. Of the 800,000 91,000 serenderd. Hitler ordered his troops to fight till death or kill themselves. The Germans took 10,000 horses as a source of food and all 10,000 were slaughtered. The Germans were cold because they were not prepared for

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