WW2 | The Battle Of Stalingrad | Nazi Germany's Beginning Of The End | FULL DOCUMENTARY

Operation Barbarossa and the Battle Of Stalingrad. The beginning of the end of Nazi Germany, FULL DOCUMENTARY.
The Battle of Stalingrad, (July 17, 1942-February 2, 1943), was a successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II. Russians consider it to be one of the greatest battles of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies.
In the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), the advancing Germans were finally stopped by the Red Army in desperate house-to-house fighting. From The Second World War: Allied Victory (1963).
Stretching about 30 miles (50 km) along the banks of the Volga River, Stalingrad was a large industrial city producing armaments and tractors and was an important prize in itself for the invading German army. Capturing the city would cut Soviet transport links with southern Russia, and Stalingrad would then serve to anchor the northern flank of the larger German drive into the oil fields of the Caucasus. In addition, seizing the city that bore the name of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin would serve as a great personal and propaganda victory for Adolf Hitler. German war planners hoped to achieve that end with Fall Blau (“Operation Blue”), a proposal that Hitler assessed and summarized in Führer Directive No. 41 on April 5, 1942. Hitler’s goal was to eliminate Soviet forces in the south, secure the region’s economic resources, and then wheel his armies either north to Moscow or south to conquer the remainder of the Caucasus. The offensive would be undertaken by Army Group South under Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. On June 28, 1942, operations began with significant German victories.
After months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, German forces (numbering now only about 91,000 surviving soldiers) surrendered at Stalingrad on the Volga.
Soviet forces launched a counteroffensive against the Germans arrayed at Stalingrad in mid-November 1942. They quickly encircled an entire German army, more than 220,000 soldiers. In February 1943, after months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, the surviving German forces-only about 91,000 soldiers-surrendered. After the victory at Stalingrad, the Soviet army remained on the offensive, liberating most of Ukraine, and virtually all of Russia and eastern Belorussia during 1943. The battle for the city of Stalingrad proved a decisive psychological turning point, ending a string of German victories in the summer of 1942 and beginning the long retreat westward. Germany proved unable to defeat the Soviet Union, which together with Great Britain and the United States, seized the initiative from Germany. Germany became embroiled in a long war, leading ultimately to its defeat in May 1945.
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[@chronosschiron]

KHARKIV NOT KHARKOV ITS A UKRAINAIN CITY

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[@charleschase1300]

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[@vincentkosik403]

Makes a good Photoshoot

[@vincentkosik403]

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[@timsimmons5953]

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[@bobbowie5334]

I never heard _Barbarosa_ pronounced as a Spanish word before.

[@Dronescapes]

You wrote Barbarosa, which means pink beard…Barbarossa is an Italian word (red beard), and pronounced as an Italian would, being it…an Italian word.

[@bobbowie5334]

@@Dronescapes _Frederick Barabrossa_ was a German emperor and conqueror and is laid to rest in Germany where there is a monument. Your attempt at a politically correct pronunciation of _Barbarossa_ is just plain stupid.

[@Dronescapes]

The name of the operation is Barbarossa (I think you misspelled it again), in German Unternehmen Barbarossa, hence the Italian/Latin name (Roman Empire). Obviously it is not a (last) name of German origins, therefore it should be pronounced properly, as it also has a meaning (in the Italian language). Barbarossa was also the King of Italy...

[@bobbowie5334]

Hey dummy. The Holy Roman Empire was _Germanic-_ not Italian. Learn some history.

[@Dronescapes]

Thanks, I know. I was merely pointing out that the origins of the name was Latin/Italian. It was given to him by the Italian (north of today’s Italy) towns he fought, hence an Italian name. If you really want to nitpick, you misspelled his name in your first two comments, if that is any indication of your knowledge, but that is not the point. The name is clearly of Italian (region) origins, it has a meaning in Italian (not in German), and it is still an Italian last name to this day, mostly used in the south of Italy, and Sicily (before you correct me, Sicily is also in the south of Italy, but it is an island). By the way, the ‘empire’ sees its origins with the crowning of an emperor…By an Italian (area) Pope. Whichever way you look at it, Barbarossa (red beard) was gifted to the emperor by Italians. Probably the Nazi regime thought that naming the operation this way, on top of reviving a German legend, would also be a tribute to a man worshipped by none other than the madman himself (A.H.) in the early years of the German psychotic regime: Benito Mussolini. If you do not agree, please spare the nitpicking, unless you want to be treated the same, and focus on the nickname itself, and its real origins (yes, breaking news, it was a nickname given to him by inhabitants of what today is northern Italy)

[@aloisschicklgruber9807]

What happened to this - was Winston Churchill and the Nazi refugees.

[@philipmendisco6656]

The patriotism shown by Russian citizen could never be duplicate in your USA. We were ruled by fear so all people unified. We fear gulag more than die in war

[@JayTide]

Our USA no longer exists. It's mostly non white foreigners and people that actually are American no longer care. Our time is over.

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

This is dumb. Do you not know about pearl harbor? The Russians weren't fighting to the death out of some patriotic ideals. They were forced or faced execution. Most of these guys would have deserted if possible.

[@Swellington_]

oh,so I guess youre better than anyone else and because the US was never invaded were just softer than you? 😂 😂 I think youre a little delusional

[@pennypounder6951]

YOUR WRONG COMRADE

[@pennypounder6951]

@@beetlejuice2375 YOU'RE MAMA*

[@tomassmolen9443]

It was Romanians and Hungarians that lost in combat battle

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

They did not even have proper gear/clothing for the season....they were sent there to be butchered...just like the current proxy wars...

[@StevenHunterPangians1]

They faced the most prepared and freshest Allied forces,by the time the Allies faced off with the German Troops,they were Battle worn...smfh

[@tomassmolen9443]

thats fine, but Germans could do on flanks 300 % better, observing and preparation defence was catastrophic for Romanians and Hungarians, this decided war @@StevenHunterPangians1

[@johnandersen5959]

Hitler lost the battle he split the force to take the oil in the Caucuses and the city of Stalingrad- his mistake. Hitler could have taken the oil then Stalingrad he tried to do both at the same time and lost.

[@Pete-tq6in]

Why do you pronounce ‘Barbarossa’ like an Italian? That’s not how any German would say the word!

[@begbieyabass]

It's an Italian word

[@Pete-tq6in]

@@begbieyabassyes, but when used in the context of ‘Operation Barbarossa’ it should be pronounced as a German would say it. The pronunciation of ‘Wehrmacht’ in this video is also very questionable.

[@nbome2733]

@@begbieyabass LOL THIS MAN.. Crying about pronouncing an italian word... as it is pronounced. Only a baby Wereaboo would cry about such a thing

[@nbome2733]

@@Pete-tq6in keep crying

[@causewaykayak]

​@@nbome2733 hes right tho'