ONE OF THE MAIN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR BATTLES
June, 22. Some minutes past 4 a. m. without declaring war the Nazis troops invaded the Soviet territory. They had 4. 6 millions of military men, 190 divisions, over 4 thousands of tanks, more than 47 thousands of guns and mortars, about 5 thousands of airplanes, 200 ships. The group of Soviet troops numbered 2680 thousands of military men, 37. 5 thousands of guns and mortars, 1475 new tanks and 1540 battle planes, and substantial quantity of tanks and planes of old construction. Hero-Town.
In some directions the enemy outnumbered the Soviet troops 3 -4 times as much. During the first day the Soviet army retreated for about 50 km, Soviet aviation lost about 1200 planes. During the first three weeks of war German troops had been fighting their ways into the central parts of the Soviet territory (20 -30 km per day). Frontier guards were the first who took the first thrust upon themselves.
Stalingrad battle In July, 17 th Stalingrad battle began. It covered the territory of 100 thousands sq. km and lasted 200 days. The number of both Soviet and German soldiers was more than 2 million people. In the beginning of August German troops reached the nearest frontiers of Stalingrad. From the North it was only 60 -70 km, from the South 20 -30 km.
In September severe street fightings in Stalingrad began. In September, 26 th in some parts of the city German troops reached Volga. In September, 27 th 3 soldiers headed by the sergeant Y. F. Pavlov occupied and were keeping the only survived building for 3 days. 25 soldiers defended it for 58 days and ended with the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops.
By the middle of November German troops possessed the majority of the territory of the city. From two parts of the city they went to the Volga river but they failed in forcing. In November, 11 th German troops made the last attempt to conquer Stalingrad.
Since November, 19 till February, 2 of the next year the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops developed on the Stalingrad front. As a result the German army was encircled. Total losses of the enemy in Stalingrad battle were 1. 5 million people.
The failure of the German Army was nothing short of a disaster. A complete army group was lost at Stalingrad and 91, 000 Germans were taken prisoner. With such a massive loss of manpower and equipment, the Germans simply did not have enough manpower to cope with the Russian advance to Germany when it came.
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