Battle of Stalingrad Essay Example
The Battle of Stalingrad
(Ruff draft)
The battle of Stalingrad proved to be one of the greatest turning points in World War II. In the beginning of the World War II Stalingrad was one of the largest industrial producing cities in the war. The main production of Stalingrad was tanks, mortars, heavy guns, and automatic weapons. Not to mention the city was named after Stalin himself. The battle of Stalingrad involved and area about 100,000 sq. km., and lasted for almost seven months. Over the course of the battle it involved approximately two million men, 2000 tanks, some 2600 guns and mortars and more than 2000 planes. (1) During this time the Soviet Union was in hard times. The Germans had occupied much of the Caucasus including Ukraine and Byelorussia. They also had or were well about to have the Baltic Republics, and much of the Kransondor Region. (1) The Germans had gained control of the Moscow and Donbas coal fields, the iron and steel plants in Krivoi, Rog, and Kerch, not to mention about 40% of the Russians rail way system. This alone was causing major problems for the Soviet Union in the beginning of this battle. The Battle of Stalingrad started out very hard for the Soviets. The were pushed
(1) Information was taken from Hitler’s War written by Edwin P. Hoyt.
back, to the Volga river and the Germans carried out saturation bombing of the city those first few days with more than 2000+ sorties which dropped close to 5 million of bombs on the city. “We’d been through a lot in the war up to that time, but what we saw in Stalingrad an August 23rd was like a nightmare. Bombs were exploding all a round us and the sky was filled with columns of fiery smoke. Near the oil-storage tanks (they were situated on the banks of the Volga north of the town center) huge sheets of flame stabbed the sky, deluging the ground with a sea of fire and acrid fumes. Torrents of burning oil and petrol flowed on the Volga till its surface was a river of
(Ruff draft)
The battle of Stalingrad proved to be one of the greatest turning points in World War II. In the beginning of the World War II Stalingrad was one of the largest industrial producing cities in the war. The main production of Stalingrad was tanks, mortars, heavy guns, and automatic weapons. Not to mention the city was named after Stalin himself. The battle of Stalingrad involved and area about 100,000 sq. km., and lasted for almost seven months. Over the course of the battle it involved approximately two million men, 2000 tanks, some 2600 guns and mortars and more than 2000 planes. (1) During this time the Soviet Union was in hard times. The Germans had occupied much of the Caucasus including Ukraine and Byelorussia. They also had or were well about to have the Baltic Republics, and much of the Kransondor Region. (1) The Germans had gained control of the Moscow and Donbas coal fields, the iron and steel plants in Krivoi, Rog, and Kerch, not to mention about 40% of the Russians rail way system. This alone was causing major problems for the Soviet Union in the beginning of this battle. The Battle of Stalingrad started out very hard for the Soviets. The were pushed
(1) Information was taken from Hitler’s War written by Edwin P. Hoyt.
back, to the Volga river and the Germans carried out saturation bombing of the city those first few days with more than 2000+ sorties which dropped close to 5 million of bombs on the city. “We’d been through a lot in the war up to that time, but what we saw in Stalingrad an August 23rd was like a nightmare. Bombs were exploding all a round us and the sky was filled with columns of fiery smoke. Near the oil-storage tanks (they were situated on the banks of the Volga north of the town center) huge sheets of flame stabbed the sky, deluging the ground with a sea of fire and acrid fumes. Torrents of burning oil and petrol flowed on the Volga till its surface was a river of