How Did Germany Lose Stalingrad

In 1942 the Nazi invaded the Soviet Union. Half a million Nazi were killed or captured. Three quarters of a million Russians were killed or captured. Right away by these numbers I’m able to tell that this is one bloody part of World War II. Germanys attempt to take over the Soviet Union was a complete failure. They did manage to get five miles into the Soviet Union but were unable to secure Stalingrad like they wanted too. The Germans wanted to build an economic empire but capturing the huge oil fields in the eastern part of the Soviet Union. Hitler sent his sixth army to take Stalingrad, which was his last obstacle to the oil fields. Stalingrad never fell to the Germans though. In two hundred days the Russians forced the Germans to surrender.
Forty thousand citizens were killed in the attack. We got to see some of the damage that happened to Stalingrad from the twenty-foot diagram. I found it interesting when they said that the building had been blown up so much that it actually made the bombs less effective. The building weren’t collapsing but merely crating bunkers for the Russians to hide in. But they didn’t just hide they used this new cover to shield themselves from the German attack which played a big part in allowing them to hold Stalingrad. The buildings were made from reinforced concrete, which was part of Stalin’s mass building project in the 1930’s. This allowed the building s to be good cover for the Russians. The Russians also had the edge in sniping which allowed them to reek havoc on the German army. All the destroyed building and ruble made for perfect cover for a sniper. In the video they pitted the German sniper against the Russian sniper. They were testing to see which was faster when it came to zeroing the rifle. The Russian rifle ended up using fewer bullets the German rifle and also had the added bonus of not needing a tool to