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In secret Hitler meets with his two of his greatest generals Friedrich Paulusand Fedor Von Bock to talk about a possiblewar with Stalin. They come to the consensusthat war is inevitable and decide to launch operation Barbarossa, the battle with the second most amount of deaths ever (2.4 million).

The Battle of Stalingrad was a military engagementmainly in the western parts of the Soviet Union and was sparked by contested Polish oil fields. Germany launches operationBarbarossa; over 3 million German men, 3000 tanks, 7000 artillery machines. and 2500 aircraft parade to the eastern front.

By the end of the month there was fighting in the suburbs of Moscow. Then Stalin passed the "no steps back entitative" which forbid retreat and saw that every able bodied man fighting with what ever weapons he could muster on the battle field. Stalin also passed a bill which wouldn't let civilians evacuate becausehe claimed "it would make the men fight harder".

The ill equippedGermans were not preparedfor the harsh Russian winter, subsequently their siegestopped. During the winter the Germans relied on vehicles to get them supplies but ten foot deep snow doesn'tlike trucks so they starved and froze to death. While the Russians flourishedin these conditions with their trusty cattle to transport supplies along the front.

Stalin with a little help from the Russian winter evaded a complete invasion of the motherland, now it was Stalin'sturn to launch an offensive! Friedrich Paulus was the first ever general to be demoted in the Nazi army and ultimatelyled to his demise in battle.

Stalin launched an all or nothing offensive on the weak German flanks. His ensuingattacks were successfuland led to the encirclement of the whole German 6th army. Stalingrad was a turning point in the war leading to the battle of Berlinwhich ultimatelyled to the end of WW2.