Battle of Stalingrad

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The Battle of Stalingrad was a pivotal and brutal Eastern Front confrontation between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, whose Soviet victory marked a major turning point in World War II.

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instanceOf World War II battle
battle
military conflict
alsoKnownAs Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
surface form: Stalingrad Campaign
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
characterizedBy encirclement
high casualties
urban warfare
cityRenamedAs Volgograd
commemoratedBy Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex
surface form: The Motherland Calls statue
conflictIn World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
dateOfGerman6thArmySurrender 1943-02-02
endDate 1943-02-02
estimatedCasualties over 1,000,000
followedBy Battle of Kursk
Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
hasCommander Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Andrey Yeremenko
Friedrich Paulus
Georgy Zhukov
Hermann Hoth
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Vasily Chuikov
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
hasMediaAdaptation film "Enemy at the Gates" (2001)
film "Stalingrad" (1993)
numerous books and documentaries
involvedMilitaryUnit German 4th Panzer Army
German 6th Army
Hungarian 2nd Army
Italian 8th Army
Romanian 3rd Army
Romanian 4th Army
Soviet 62nd Army
Soviet 64th Army
Soviet Don Front
Soviet Southwestern Front
Soviet Stalingrad Front
location Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
Stalingrad
notableEvent surrender of the German 6th Army
operation Case Blue
Operation Blue
Operation Koltso
Operation Little Saturn
Operation Uranus
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
precededBy German summer offensive of 1942
result Soviet victory
startDate 1942-08-23
strategicObjective control of Stalingrad
securing German southern flank in the Caucasus campaign
severing Soviet transport on the Volga River
theater Eastern Front
turningPointOf Soviet-German Front
surface form: Nazi–Soviet War

Soviet-German Front
surface form: World War II on the Eastern Front

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World War II hasPart Battle of Stalingrad
European theatre of World War II notableBattle Battle of Stalingrad
Eastern Front conflict Battle of Stalingrad
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Eastern Front turningPoint Battle of Stalingrad
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of Stalingrad alsoKnownAs Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: Stalingrad Campaign
Luftwaffe roleInConflict Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany notableEvent Battle of Stalingrad
ETO includesEvent Battle of Stalingrad
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
Wehrmacht conflict Battle of Stalingrad
Red Army notableFor Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Barbarossa followedBy Battle of Stalingrad
Romanian 3rd Army notableEngagement Battle of Stalingrad
Case Blue aimedAt Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: capture of Stalingrad
Case Blue followedBy Battle of Stalingrad
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex commemorates Battle of Stalingrad
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex commemorates Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: defenders of Stalingrad
film "Stalingrad" (1993) setInEvent Battle of Stalingrad
subject surface form: Stalingrad (1993 film)
German 6th Army notableFor Battle of Stalingrad
German 6th Army notableEvent Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: surrender at Stalingrad
German 6th Army operation Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet 62nd Army battle Battle of Stalingrad
film "Enemy at the Gates" (2001) mainSubject Battle of Stalingrad
subject surface form: Enemy at the Gates
Battle of Kursk precededBy Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet Stalingrad Front conflict Battle of Stalingrad
Italian 8th Army tookPartIn Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: Battle of Stalingrad campaign
Hungarian 2nd Army notableBattle Battle of Stalingrad
Volgograd knownFor Battle of Stalingrad
Volgograd battleDuration Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: Battle of Stalingrad 1942–1943
German 4th Panzer Army operation Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet 64th Army conflict Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet 64th Army engagement Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: Stalingrad strategic defensive operation
Soviet 64th Army engagement Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: Stalingrad strategic offensive operation
Romanian 4th Army engagement Battle of Stalingrad
Stalin era notableEvent Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet Don Front conflict Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet Don Front belligerentOf Battle of Stalingrad
Heer activeInConflict Battle of Stalingrad
Andrey Yeremenko participatedIn Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Uranus partOf Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet Air Forces notableOperation Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Blue followedBy Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad
Soviet-German Front majorOperation Battle of Stalingrad
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen participatedIn Battle of Stalingrad
Vasily Chuikov conflict Battle of Stalingrad
Vasily Chuikov notableWork Battle of Stalingrad
this entity surface form: defense of Stalingrad
Hermann Hoth participatedIn Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet armed forces notableEvent Battle of Stalingrad
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht conflict Battle of Stalingrad
RKKA notableBattle Battle of Stalingrad