Siege of Stalingrad

The Siege on Stalingrad took place during World War II, It was considered as the turning point of the Soviet side of war as the Soviets were able to hold off the Nazi invasion and also captured a large number of german forces.

German side of the Event
The Germans believed that taking the city would be an easy task. As seen from the propaganda posters telling the russians to give up, we could see that the Germans were had been able to surround the city and almost took control of it. From Hitler's message to his army on Nov. 27 1942, the Germans belived that they would be able to end the battle with the russians and could take down the city. Hitler told his own army that the Russians were already panicking with fear as the Nazis advanced, and that they were already struggling in the water of the volga trying to defend themselves.

Message from Hitler for the German Army in Stalingrad

http://users.telenet.be/stalingrad/documents/germessage1.htm

Soviet Side of the Event
The Soviets were able to hold off the Germans and in the end able to secure the city and capture a lot of German soliders.

After months of Fighting, almost about a million people had died or were captured. When the Germans thought that they would be able to capture the city, the Russian counterattack was strong enough that it was able to defend the city named after Stalin. They were able to capture more than 300000 German soldier and also a field marshall, the highest ranked German officer ever caught in battle. The Soviet Victory came a few days right after the anniversary of Hitler's rise to power. Both sides had suffered major damage and the City has begun reconstrution.