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​ = = = = = = = Stalingrad =

= The **Battle of Stalingrad** was a major battle of in which Germany fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. battle took place between July 17 1942 to Feb. 2 1943. =

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= = = -Hitler ordered the attack on Stalingrad for strategic reasons and because it was the center of communications in the south of Russia as well as the center of manufacturing. = = =

= - Germans outmaned russians, but russians had more military equipment = = = = = = -Russians leader Marshal Zhukov used six armies of 1 million men to surround the city trapping the germans in the middle. = = = = -Germans were weakened due to temperatures that drop below zero; ammunition and food were short in supply .=