The Impact Of The Battle Of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad in August of 1942, was a major battle in World War II. It was a major impact to the first part of the war. Right near the river of Volga, the town of Stalingrad home of the Russians people. This battle was one marked down as a turning point for the Allied powers. The Soviet Union having to defend their territory because the Germans want to take over. This would be a challenge to the Soviet Union. The Russians would have discovered that the Nazi’s want the town of Stalingrad because “If Stalingrad was taken, then the two important trade routes would belong to the Nazis. Seeing as Hitler needed to invade the Caucasus to provide the German army with oil, it would be incredibly foolish to leave a major city behind you. They could build together a strong army and attack from the rear. Also, taking Stalingrad would boost the Nazis morale and have a psychological blow on the Russians due to Stalingrad being named after Stalin – the leader of Russia at the time and the main mover behind Communism, which the fascist Nazis hated.”-(Marked by Teachers). This was Hitler’s main objective to achieve to expand even more in the war.
Leaving the town into rubles, but the Soviet Union and the Civilians held strong for the town. After the Germans bombed the town, they took the next step which was to take over the area. As the two sides clash to save and take the town many lives would be lost in the town of Stalingrad.The Nazi’s would try to achieve capturing the town but the nazi’s would lose just as much lives as the Soviet Union. The Nazi’s fighting for Hitler had one job to do and it was a very difficult job in hand because the many people in this town would do anything to protect the