The Battle of Stalingrad ..The most powerful event in history, you will not believe what Hitler did

"Stalingrad" is one of the great battles in history and a turning point in World War II; It was fought between Germany (and its Axis allies) and the Soviet Union for control of the Soviet city of Stalingrad (today called Volgograd) between the summer of 1942 and February 1943. The battle ended with the surrender of the German Sixth Army, and marked the beginning of the end of Germany's advance in this war.
Prelude to battle
In the middle of World War II, German forces occupied most of today's Ukraine and Belarus in the spring of 1942, and the German army decided to attack southern Russia in the summer of that year.
The Russian forces, led by the resolute President Joseph Stalin, really succeeded in repelling the German attack on the west of the country, the attack whose ultimate goal was the occupation of the capital, Moscow in the winter of 1941-1942, but the Red Army suffered heavy losses in repelling the attack in terms of both men and equipment.
Stalin and his generals, including the later Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev, expected another Nazi attack on Moscow, but Hitler and his army had other intentions, as they planned to attack the city of Stalingrad because of its industrial importance to Russia, as the city produced many important goods, including artillery used by the Russian army. In addition to the importance of the Volga River - passing through the city - in transportation, as it is a vital artery linking the west of the country to the far east, not to mention Hitler's desire to occupy Stalingrad for the purpose of propaganda, as he saw that the invasion of the city known as the Soviet leader would serve Germany propaganda in its war, and for similar reasons The Russians felt the need to protect Stalingrad.
The start of the battle
At first, the Russian forces were able to delay the German army’s advance with a series of violent clashes north of Stalingrad, and lost in these operations about two hundred thousand fighters who were the price of repelling the German soldiers, and because the Russians understood Hitler’s plans, they shipped a lot of granaries and livestock outside Stalingrad, but they were not evacuated. The city has a population of more than 400,000 because the leadership saw their survival as a stimulus to the fighters.

The bombing of the planes of the German Air Force (the Luftwaffe), which prevented the transit of shipments across the Volga River, and during that time the planes sank a number of Russian merchant ships sailing in it, and the bombing continued from late August until the end of the attack with dozens of strikes carried out by German planes.
German planes dominated the skies of Stalingrad by September and the Russians despaired until workers in the city - other than the arms industry - were asked to participate in the battle, sometimes without firearms, and the women had to dig trenches in the front lines, yet the Russians continued Suffering heavy losses, when the autumn of 1942 came, Stalingrad lay in ruins.
"Don't take a step back!"
The losses of the Russians were great and the planes of the Germans continued to bombard, but Stalin ordered his forces not to withdraw from the city, issuing the famous Order No. 227 stating: “No step back!” As for those who surrendered, they were subjected to military trials that sometimes led to execution.
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