THE TURNING POINT OF WORLD WAR I I

BY ARYN KORMANIS

The Battle of Stalingrad

Overview

Took place in present day “Volgograd”Took place from July 17, 1942 to February 2,

1943Soviets destroyed the German 6th ArmyFirst German defeat of World War II

Timeline

July 17, 1942 – The battle begins; Luftwaffe starts bombing the city and Soviet shipping

August 23, 1942 – Panzer column reaches the Volga River

September 13, 1942 – Germans soldiers reach Stalingrad

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Timeline (Cont.)

November 19, 1942 – Operation Uranus: The Red Army begins to surround the German 6th Army

November 23, 1942 – 290,000 Axis soldiers were circled

December 12, 1942 – A German advance, by Marshal Von Manstein, is made to push back the Soviets

February 2, 1943 – All German troops are trapped

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How it Ended

Attempts to resupply the Germans failedHitler would not allow a surrender Winter came and killed many Germans due to the cold

and disease On February 2, 1943 Paulus surrendered – of the 91,000

then only 6,000 survived the labor camps

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Initial Strength

German & Axis Soviets

General Paulus General Zhukov

1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men

10,290 artillery guns 13,541 artillery guns

675 tanks 894 tanks

1,216 planes 1,115 planes

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Casualties

Combined casualties of 1,530,000+

790,000 Soviet casualties (750,000 Soviet military, 40,000 civilians)

740,000 Axis casualties (91,000 captured) The life expectancy for a Soviet private sent to

the front was less than 24 hours, while that of a Soviet officer was 3 days.

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More Casualties

The battle took a toll of roughly 7,700 casualties per day

Of the 91,000 German troops taken prisoner, less than 6,000 lived to return home

(Battle of Stalingrad)3,000,000 people died including soldiers and

civilians

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"Stalingrad, Battle of." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.