2.+The+Battle

​​​​ __The Battle__ "The World will hold it's breath!", Adolf Hitler told his Generals. In early September 1942, the German Army moved to the city. The Russians, already devastated by the power of Blitzkrieg during Operation Barbarossa, had to make a stand as the city was named after the Russian leader, Joseph Stalin.  **On November 19th, the Russians were in a position whereby they could launch a counter-offensive.Unable to break out, the Germans also had to face the winter. Temperatures dropped to well below zero and food, ammunition and heat were in short supply.Hitler ordered that Paulus should fight to the end, and to encourage Paulus, he promoted him to field marshal. However, by the end of January 1943, the Germans could do nothing else but surrender . **
 * **//__German Army__// ** || **__//Russian Army//__** ||
 * **Led by Paulus ** || **Led by [|Zhukov] ** ||
 * **1,011,500 men ** || **1,000,500 men ** ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0f31ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">10, 290 artillery guns ** || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #fa0000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">13,541 artillery guns ** ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0030eb; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">675 tanks ** || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #eb0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">894 tanks ** ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001bff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">1,216 plan ** || **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1,115 planes ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> ||