On September 3, in order to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese Memorial Hall of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Memorial Of the Stalingrad Defense War of Russia jointly held a special exhibition on the "Stalingrad Defense War".
The great turning point of the Second World War – the Battle of Stalingrad. It was known as the "bloodiest battle in history" and lasted about 200 days and nights, the largest in the history of human warfare.
Author: RagingPhotography
On the battlefield, the soldiers survived for no more than 9 minutes, and the officers only had about 3 days to survive, in the Soviet army, the soldier lived one day to be the company commander, two days to be the battalion commander, and three days to become the regimental commander, the degree of tragedy can be imagined.
Written by Kyle Hardisty
On June 22, 1941, Germany suddenly tore up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, blatantly invaded the Soviet Union, and the Soviet-German War broke out.
By Brendan Powell Smith
On July 17, 1942, the Soviets and Germans engaged in close combat at Stalingrad, and the defense of Stalingrad officially began.
By Sean Edmison
On 23 July 1942, the Germans broke through the right flank of the 62nd Army of the Soviet Red Army, encircled two divisions of the army, and advanced to the banks of the Don River west of Stalingrad.
Author:Константин Тихомиров
A month and a half later, on September 13, the Germans began a siege of the city. The Germans first threw incendiary bombs with bombers, blowing the city into ruins. The German 6th Army took the lead and launched a fierce assault from the north of the city. The 4th Panzer Army advanced south of the city in response to the Sixth Army's attack north of the city.
The next day Stalingrad was turned into a field of rubble, and 80% of the city's residential areas were destroyed. In the city full of rubble and ruins, the Soviet 62nd Army stubbornly resisted, and fierce gun battles took place in every street, every building, and every factory in the city.
The Germans occupied the city center, stormed the northern factory area, and were retaken by the Red Army two days later. Soviet and German armies continued to alternately occupy the Mamayev Heights, and the fighting became more and more intense.
The Germans and the Red Army remained deadlocked. The war situation became worse for Germany. Even though the Soviet Union was passive, the people resisted stubbornly and were not afraid, which greatly depleted the German army.
An officer named Hans Del wrote in His March on Stalingrad: "The enemy and we fought fiercely for every house, workshop, water tower, railway embankment, even for a wall, a basement, and every pile of rubble. The intensity is unprecedented. "The train station was repeatedly contested as many as 13 times.
Throughout the month of October 1942, stalingrad was engaged in fierce street fighting. The Germans fought house by house, finding their way through the ruins above and below ground, so it was also known as the "Rat War", even joking that "even if we occupy the kitchen, we still need to fight in the living room." ”
For Stalin, the city, which bears his name, could not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Germans. He personally gave the order to General Yeremenko to hold the city in all circumstances. Every house, as long as there are Soviet soldiers, even if there is only one person, must become a fortress that the enemy cannot break.
Author: brickhistorian
By Andrew Becraft
After three months of bloody fighting, by early November 1942, the Germans had finally advanced slowly to the banks of the Volga River and occupied 80% of the city, dividing the remaining Soviet troops into two narrow pockets, but the Germans were never able to fully occupy Stalingrad.
In January 1943, the Red Army launched another offensive to capture Rostov. Although the Red Army was never able to approach Rostov, the operation forced the Germans to be more than 250 kilometers away from the Germans in the Stalingrad encirclement.
On 30 January 1943, Paulus was awarded the Scepter by Hitler to the German Field Marshal to encourage him to continue his resistance. However, when the Red Army finally invaded the German headquarters in the department store, Paulus did not continue to resist, but chose to surrender.
Author: Johnson
Finally, on February 2, 1943, the five-month Battle of Stalingrad was concluded, and the Soviets accepted the surrender of the remaining German troops, which cost Germany a quarter of its troops at Stalingrad, lost the initiative on the eastern front, and the dawn finally came.
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