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==Battle of Stalingrad==
==Battle of Stalingrad==
[[File:Stalingrad4.PNG|right|250px|thumb|German wreckage at Stalingrad.]]
[[File:Stalingrad4.PNG|right|250px|thumb|German wreckage at Stalingrad.]]
In an effort to gain control of the lower [[Volga]] River region, the German forces attempted to capture the city of Stalingrad (present-day Volgograd) on the west bank of the river. Here, Soviet forces put up fierce resistance even after [[Hitler]]'s determined actions to take the city had reduced it to rubble. Finally, Soviet forces led by General Georgii K. Zhukov surrounded the German attackers and forced their surrender in February 1943. The Soviet victory at Stalingrad proved decisive; after losing this battle the Germans lacked the strength to sustain their offensive operations against the Soviet Union.
The [[Battle of Stalingrad]] was the turning point in [[World War II]]. It was a decisive Soviet victory, as Zhukov's Don/Stalingrad front (mainly 62nd Army) crushed [[Wehrmacht]] [[Gen. Friedrich von Paulus]]'s 6th Army. Germany suffered casualties that were simply irreplaceable.
The [[Battle of Stalingrad]] was the turning point in [[World War II]]. It was a decisive Soviet victory, as Zhukov's Don/Stalingrad front (mainly 62nd Army) crushed [[Wehrmacht]] [[Gen. Friedrich von Paulus]]'s 6th Army. Germany suffered casualties that were simply irreplaceable.
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