How did the Battle of Stalingrad change the war?

It wiped away an entire year of gains for the Wehrmacht and completely annihilated the German Sixth Army, giving momentum to the Soviets and with it the war. read more

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. read more