BackgroundThe Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest and most massive battles of the Second World War. On June 22, 1941, over two and a half million Russians were killed, wounded or captured by the Germans within a month. Many Russian and German soldiers were killed. The following year, in 1943, another German offensive was launched, especially in the vicinity of Stalingrad. Stalingrad was almost completely destroyed by the German Sixth Army. That was the end for Germany, but it took several months of destruction and desperate fighting, and millions upon millions of deaths for that to happen. What was the Battle of Stalingrad? The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most important and also bloodiest battles ever during the Second World War. This battle lasted from August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943. The Russians consider it the largest battle of their Great Patriotic War. The Germans advanced into Russian land killing millions and millions of people. This battle was considered one of the bloodiest battles in all historyThe battleSeptember 3, 1942, the Sixth German ...