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The Battle of Stalingrad
Topic: The battle of Stalingrad
Key Ideas: Importance of Stalingrad,
Operation Blue, Operation Saturn,
Operation Uranus
Key Conclusions to me made: it was
a turning point in the war where
Germany lost
Groups
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Natasya, Jessica O, Davin, Michelle H
Jessica S, Richie, Mikaela, Reyner
Dave, Nicole, Michelle K – No key point 4
Jason, Winda, Claudia, Michael
• Sites
• www.world-war-2.info/battles
• www.historylearningsite.co.uk/famous_b
attles_of_world_war_two.htm
• Book- read and discuss
You will be graded on:
• Individual Slides /10 per student
• Information /10
• Relevant Pictures /10
• Presentation /10
• Creativity and Structure /10
Total:
/50
The Battle of Stalingrad
• What:
• A battle between Germany & its
allies and the Soviet Union, for
Stalingrad
• When:
• Winter, 1942-1943
• Effects:
• Germany lost their old reputation
as being invincible
Pictures of the Battle of Stalingrad
Points:
/5
Name: Claudia 9B
Key Fact 1: Importance of
Stalingrad
-Major industrial city on banks of Volga
River
-Also Russia’s center of
communication
-(Vital transport route between Caspian
Sea and Northern Russia)
-Control of the city would cut Soviet
transport links with Southern Russia
using the Volga River
Points:
/5
Name: Claudia 9B
Importance of Stalingrad
(continued)
- If Germany won Stalingrad, it would also
allow them to get the rich oil fields of
Caucasus
- It was also Stalin’s city.
- Hitler wanted to capture the city that had
the name of his enemy
- City’s capture would also be a
propaganda achievement. It would have
been good for Hitler, for people to know he
had beaten his enemy
Caucasus oil fields
1942
Stalingrad 1942
Points:
/5
Name: Jason 9B
Operation Blue
- Code name for the attack
that Adolf Hitler ordered on
the Soviet Union’s oil fields
in the Caucasus region in
1942.
- Failed due to the sixth
army – was effectively
destroyed at the BATTLE
OF STALINGRAD.
Quic kTime™ and a
TIFF ( Unc ompres s ed) dec ompr ess or
are needed to s ee this pic ture.
Points:
/5
Name: Jason 9B
Operation Blue
(continued)
- The operation was divided into 2
groups.
- Group A were to attack south
towards Rostov, and wipe out through
the Transcaucasus heading for the
Caspian Sea while taking oil-fields at
Maikop.
- Group B’s primary task was to
provide strong Northern flank along
the Don, while cutting the vital Soviet
freight traffic on the Volga.
QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Points:
/5
Name: Winda 9A
Key Fact 3: Operation
Saturn
-December 1942 until February 1943
-Red Army Operation on Eastern front of
WWII
-The first stage was to cut off the
Germany’s Army Group A.
-24th Dec tanks raided Tatsinskaya(The
closest air base to Stalingrad)
-29th Dec Germany had no choice but to
retreat.
Points:
/5
Name: Winda 9A
Key Fact 3: Operation
Saturn (Continued)
*90,000-prisoners, 5000-returned to Germany
*By January the Hungarian Army was destroyed
(Second Stage)
*Germany had to retreat.
*Krusk, Karkov, and Rostov were captured on Feb
1943.
*Stalingrad was 400 miles off West, they had to delay
the offensive until 25h February.
Points:
/5
Name: Michael 9A
Operation Uranus
- A german force was encircled during Operation
Uranus.
- Zhukov and Vasilevsky were the two leaders.
- Zhukov’s Plan was to collect enough resources to
keep Paulus German 6Th Amry busy while Soviet
troops build 5five new tank armies.
- The Germans is surrounded in Stalingrad, The
Soviet now attacks the weak fronts held by poorly
equipped Romanian armies.
Points:
/5
Name: Michael 9A
Operation Uranus
(Continued)
- Germans Sixth Army had lost
more troop because of the Soviet
ground attacks (January 31, 1943).
- The Luftwaffe promised to help
resupply the Germans but never
did because of the lose of
transportation vehicles and
weather conditions.
- By February 2nd 250,000
German Sixth Army troops has
surrendered to the Soviet.
How Did This
Affect the War?
- It was a turning point in the war
- German troops were stopped during their
progression across Russia
- Unexpected German defeat gave Soviet
Union hope
-Germany lost their old reputation as being
invincible
Conclusion
• Re-state event
• The Battle of Stalingrad was a war fought
between Germany and the Soviet Union for
Stalingrad.
• What was the result of the event?
• More than 1 million casualties
• It was the bloodiest war in human history
• How did it affect the war?
• It was a turning point in the war, where it
went from Germany winning, to Germany
losing
3 Discussion Questions
for Class
1. If Germany hadn’t been stopped in this battle, how
do you think it would affect the war?
2. If Stalingrad wasn’t named after Stalin, do you think
Hitler would still want to attack it?
3. If one of the operations didn’t happen, do you think
that Germany would’ve been stopped during their
progression across Russia?