Key battles in WW1/WW2

Stalingrad

Stalingrad, the deadliest battle in history. Over 1,000,000 deaths in both military and civilian deaths. Your expected life time was 24 hours! Over 3,000,000 involved in a single battle. And would decide the outcome of the Caucasian campaign for the Axis. Let's see how the deadliest battle in history unfolded...

Spring 1942, the Germans had failed to take Moscow and were pushed back as the beginning of winter. After winter had passed it sent many of its available forces to the eastern front and launched an attack towards the Caucasian mountains to gain access to the Soviets natural resources like oil and gas. However the Soviets had deployed millions of men by now but they were not well equipped as they had not many factories because of the Axis capturing many of them in the western territories. And this allowed the German to encircle and capture around 150,000 men. Which then led to them maneuvering southward towards the Caucasian region. And there came the city of Stalingrad, another major city that was important to defend.

German, Romanian and Italian troops were sent to help in this upcoming battle however the Red army were bringing up hundreds of thousands of troops to defend the city under the orders of leader, Joseph Stalin because the city was named after him. As they approached the city there was also a river line they could hold the defence along until further reinforcements could arrive to help later on. However when pushing towards the city a large portion of Soviet troops were forced across the river and into the eastern side of Stalingrad. However the Germans were doing the main assault while its Axis allies, Romania and Italy held the flanks. However they were poorly equipped and trained and because of that the Red army launched an attack and the lines could not bare the weight of the Red army. And they caved in on the men holding Stalingrad. The German and Romanian troops were trapped in Stalingrad and the Axis saw their first major defeat of the entire war. And they couldn't bring up anymore reinforcements because there wasn't any more men to transport to the Eastern front. And the remaining men had to fight their way out to freedom. But unfortunately for the Axis it was too late as by February 1943, the Last German and Romanian troops surrendered in Stalingrad freeing up large amounts of Soviet troops for the front to slowly push back the Axis.