Battle of Stalingrad

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The Battle of Stalingrad (August 21, 1942 - February 2, 1943) was a major battle fought on the Eastern Front between Germany's Third Reich and it's allies against the Soviet Union. In this city was operation "Case Blue" or "fall blau" stopped . The operation case blue was a new large offensive of the german army and it's allies in the southern part of Russia or the Caucasus zone. The idea was to take the vital Soviet oil fields in Baku to stop or minimize the capability of the Soviet Union to wage war and flank the armies in center part of Russia especially in Moscow. Demoralizing the willing to fight of the Soviet Union people by taking the city of Stalingrad that have Stalin names. The Soviet Union was expecting an offensive in Moscow having much of their army there.And at the begining of the battle, the Wehrmacht(German army) advanced quickly with the Blitzkrieg tactics. During the Winter the Soviet Union used the tactics of urban warfare and manage to hold the city.In November 19, 1943 the Soviet Union with Operation Uranus attacked the armies near Stalingrad defended by Romanians, Italians and other minor Axis countries. Encircling the German 6th Army in Stalingrad and finally putting an end to the battle and an important defeat that change the course of the war.