Stalingrads importance in WWII

The Battle of Stalingrad is the most important battle in World War II if you were the Soviet Union. This battle is known as a turning point because as the soviet's were protecting Stalingrad another Russian winter set in and some 90,000 had been frostbitten. The few that surrendered were who survived out of an army of 330,000. Although this city cost 1 million soviet soldiers to defend it German soldiers were on the defensive, with soviets pushing them westward.

 Russian Winter at Stalingrad

Battle of Stalingrad