The Importance Of The Battle Of Stalingrad

this semester’s Major Project is the Battle of Stalingrad from the Second World War. The two works I have chosen, which are set during this battle, are Stalingrad (2013), a movie directed by Fedor Bondarchuk and War of the Rats, a novel written by David L Robbins. I have a strong interest in history – especially warfare - and had decided to look into the battles of the Second World War when I came upon the Battle of Stalingrad. I never learned about this battle during grade ten History, so I decided

The battle at Pavlov’s House was a two month siege between a twenty five man platoon of Soviet Soldier and the German War Machine. While The Battle of Stalingrad was an important battle between two fighting forces, Pavlov’s House was the battle that defined the Red Army Soldiers discipline and love for the Motherland. This particular mini battle took place between 23 September and 25 November 1942 in which SGT Pavlov and his platoon destroyed countless tanks, killed numerous Nazi Soldiers and held

. . When we got to Stalingrad, there were 140 of us, but by September 1, after two weeks of battle, only 16 remained. All the rest were wounded and killed. We don’t have a single officer, and the non-commissioned officer had to take over the command of the division. Up to a thousand wounded soldiers a day are taken back to the rear from Stalingrad. . . .” (From a letter from soldier Heinrich Malchus, no. 17189, to Private First Class Karl Weitzel, November 13, 1942.) December 6. The weather is getting

The Battle of Stalingrad Was it a Significant Defeat? Roshana Thanabalasingam CHC2D0-H Mrs. Wallis 17/12/2014 World War II consisted of many bloody battles, many of which have shaped the world today. The Battle of Stalingrad is known as one of the greatest and most valuable battles fought in the Second World War. It is also considered to be one of Hitler’s greatest mistakes in World War II. The battle that started on July 17, 1942 and ended on February 2, 1943 marked a major turning

The battle between Russia and Germany in the summer of 1941 is known as the largest land theatre of war in history. It was the most horrific war of all time. Stalingrad was called Tsaritsyn until 1925, it was then renamed Stalingrad in honor of Josef Stalin. The cities name was changed again in 1961 to Volgograd, meaning Volga City. This monumental battle is considered a turning point in the war on the Eastern Front. The invading Gerans saw the conquering of Stalingrad as essential to their campaign

death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic.”- These words were spoken by Joseph Stalin after the largest and bloodiest battle in human history, Stalingrad. The eastern front of World War II was one the bloodiest single war of all time. Once the Germans invaded the USSR they did not know they had unleashed the Soviet storm. During Russia’s great patriotic war, the battles of the eastern front led to the downfall of the German Reich. Even before the war, the Soviets and Germans had

Fighting in the streets in Stalingrad was a hellish scene. The plague of rats that infested the city, the dead bodies left out in the open and the emergence of skilled snipers greatly affect both German and Russian forces. With the winter approaching and the halt of the 6th Army and the 4th Panzer Army in Stalingrad, the Russian Army decides to take action in order to turn the battle. The turning point of the battle came with a huge Soviet counteroffensive, code-named Operation Uranus (November

attacks that paralysed the opponents capacity to organise defenders, rather than attempting to physically overcome them allowing the opponents to disturb the system of administration and communications. The Blitzkrieg tactics, disrupted the main enemy’s battle position at the Schwerpunkt (strategy

as the Allies were victorious in this battle. As a result, the Normandy Landings became one of the most important days in World War II, also known as D-Day; it was a

Germany through the power of his personality and manipulation, and was he was directly responsible for many decisions that directly affected the outcome of World War II. In the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, the power of Hitler 's influence would make itself especially apparent. The role of the USSR in its defense of Stalingrad cannot be understated, but Soviet defeat would have been likely had Hitler not demanded that