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Battle of Stalingrad
Title: Battle of Stalingrad
Category: History
Details: Words: 952 | Pages: 4.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
After losses and failure of “Operation Barbarossa”, Hitler now had new objectives in the war. He planned to drive Soviet forces out of the Southern Steppes and the Caucasus region and taking over the abundant supply of natural mineral wealth, especially oil, which was a key ingredient for Germany’s war machine. Another reason was that Axis forces could have direct access to the Middle East and be able to have the …showed first 75 words of 952 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 952 total…the 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army. The Germans had lost 147,000 men and 91,00 were taken as prisoners of war.
The Stalingrad Battle became the turning point on the Eastern Front. Soviets had paid a huge price for victory with over a half of a million casualties. The battle showed the world that the mighty German machine was vulnerable and it gave confidence to the Soviets Armies start pushing the invaders out of the Soviet Union.
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