The Battle of Stalingrad by Colby Wyman https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon War in Europe en-us 2018-05-25 19:28:52 UTC 2018-05-25 19:47:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Who 19wymancol https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263725365 The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union.]]> 2018-05-25 19:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263725365 Where 19wymancol https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263725526 Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia.]]> 2018-05-25 19:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263725526 When 19wymancol https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263726005 (23 August 1942- February 2 1943) ]]> 2018-05-25 19:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263726005 What did they want. 19wymancol https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263726349 Some historians consider that the conquest of Stalingrad was essential to secure the oil rich Caucasus by destroying the armies sent to defend the city and giving a new and definitive blow to the Red Army morale.]]> 2018-05-25 19:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263726349 Why 19wymancol https://padlet.com/19wymancol/ohl6ek15vnon/wish/263726632 The Battle for Stalingrad was fought during the winter of 1942 to 1943. In September 1942, the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, advanced on the city of Stalingrad. His primary task was to secure the oil fields in the Caucasus and to do this, Paulus was ordered by Hitler to take Stalingrad. The Germans final target was to have been Baku.




Stalingrad was also an important target as it was Russia’s centre of communications in the south as well as being a centre for manufacturing.

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