Russia 1942 ▶ Battle of Stalingrad - Summer Offensive “Fall Blau Case Blue“ / 6th Army 4th Tank Army

008 Russia 1942 ▶ Battle of Stalingrad - Summer Offensive Sommeroffensive “Fall Blau / Case Blue“ 6th Army & 4th Tank Army - 6. Armee und 4. Panzerarmee August-October 1942 (Tank StuG III Infantry Artillery) German History Archive ▶ The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians by air raids, it is often regarded as one of the single largest (nearly 2.2 million personnel) and bloodiest (1.7–2 million wounded, killed or captured) battles in the history of warfare. It was an extremely costly defeat for German forces, and the Army High Command had to withdraw vast military forces from the West to replace their losses. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using t