Stalingrad
- largest amount of casualties in human history
- chosen because of symbolic name and strategic location in access to recourses
- the Germans were winning up until the particularly cold Russian winter
- would be the deciding factor in the outcome of the war
- Russia broke flanks of Romanian and Hungarian troops on either side and took them from there
- Soviets were eventually able to win the battle
Summary
Hitler's childish decision to attack Stalingrad largely because of it's name would ultimately cost them the war and allow Russia to prevail the victorious nation and quickly go on the offensive and advance rapidly all the way back to Germany.