The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942 - 2 February 1943) was fought between Nazi Germany and its Axis allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad on the Volga River. Zhukov was made deputy commander-in-chief in late August 1942 and sent to the southwestern front to take charge of the city's defence. The battle ended in a decisive Soviet victory, with the encirclement and eventual surrender of the German Sixth Army, and the Soviet victory at Stalingrad is generally regarded as the pivotal turning point of the European theatre of the war.
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Battle TypeUrban battle and siege, followed by an encircling counteroffensive (Operation Uranus) 1 LocationStalingrad, on the Volga River, Soviet Union 1 OutcomeDecisive Soviet victory; the German Sixth Army was encircled and destroyed, marking the turning point of the war in Europe 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad
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17 July 1942 - 2 February 1943...The Soviet victory at Stalingrad is generally regarded as the pivotal turning point of the European theatre of the war.
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad
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The defeat ended Germany's 1942 summer offensive and passed the strategic initiative on the Eastern Front to the Soviet Union.
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
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In late August 1942, Zhukov was made deputy commander in chief, subordinate only to Stalin, and sent to the southwestern front to take charge of the defence of Stalingrad.
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Open Questions (1 open question)
What was the true death toll of the Battle of Stalingrad?
Total death estimates across all combatants and Stalingrad's wartime civilian population range from about 1.1 million to more than 3 million, an enormous range reflecting incomplete and contested Soviet and German wartime records. No single reconciliation of these figures has achieved scholarly consensus.
What would resolve this A comprehensive reconciliation of Soviet and German unit records, hospital and burial records, and Stalingrad's wartime civilian population, none of which has yet been assembled to a scholarly consensus.
Military historiography and historical demographyWikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad
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