The Battle of Stalingrad was the most important turning point in the European battlefield of World War II, after this battle, the Soviet army turned to the offensive, and the German army was no longer able to move forward, after this war, the German army gathered a large number of troops to Kursk, ready to save the decline of the Eastern Front, but this time, the Soviet army did not give the Germans a chance. The Battle of Stalingrad was the most numerous and brutal battle in the entire Second World War, and it was unparalleled in the entire history of mankind.
In this battle, both sides invested millions of troops, and the casualties of this war are also extremely high, the Soviet casualties are as high as millions, if you count the disappearances, the Soviet losses are as high as 1.13 million, and the losses of Axis forces, including Romania and Germany, are as high as 850,000, and the number of people buried in the tomb of an unknown soldier in Stalingrad alone is as high as 400,000, which shows the cruelty of this battle.
Stalingrad is an important city in Russia, and in this battle, both sides used this as a place to attract local troops, because of this, the whole of Stalingrad became a flesh and blood mill, both sides were replenished here with a large number of troops, at first, the German troops were absolutely superior, but the Strength of the Soviet Army was continuously replenished here, some people have counted, a force of twenty thousand people, thrown into Stalingrad for three days to fight out, Stalingrad Battle, The average survival time of Soviet soldiers on the battlefield is not more than 24 hours, and as long as a soldier can survive for three days, he can become a company commander, which shows the cruelty of this battle. Not only in Stalingrad, but also in the entire Eastern Front, such large-scale battles are not uncommon, and the casualty figures on both sides are often shocking.
In this war, the Soviet Union paid a staggering price, when the battle began, the Soviet-German casualty ratio was about 5:1 to 6:1, the tank loss was as high as 5:1, it is no exaggeration to say that the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad was filled with the lives of a large number of Soviet troops, and the Soviet soldiers who guarded Stalingrad often said: We occupied the kitchen, but the living room was still in the hands of the enemy! It can be seen that the war situation was fierce in that year.
In the end, the results of the Battle of Stalingrad were also shocking, after the end of World War II, the Soviet Union made a statistic, only 20% of the men born in the Soviet Union in 1923 survived the war, most of the remaining people died in the Great Patriotic War, and the German veterans of the year also recalled that the cruelty of the eastern front battle was completely incomparable to the western front, until now, Russia will hold a grand commemoration ceremony on the annual victory anniversary to commemorate their hard-won victory in the Great Patriotic War.