Turning point 1943: Stalingrad, Kursk, El Alamein
Stalingrad
- Germans wanted oil fields of the caucasus region
- Begin sept 1, 1942
- Germans captured much of the city in street to street fighting
- Nov. 23, 1942 Germans get trapped in the city
- German commander von poulus ordered to fight to the death
- Between jan.31 and feb 2, 300,000 GErman troops surrender
- Largest tank battle in history
- Russians made a push all the way to Berlin
- won by british cutting off germans from the middle east oil
Summery
Stalingrad, Kursk, and El Alamein where all battles that where essential in the allied victory and are some of the most famous battles in recent human history.
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