Stalingrad
- Battle of Stalingrad began September 1st, 1942
- Caucasus region was important for Germans to get so they could refill on oil
- Germans captured much of the city in street to street fighting
- Schlieffen Plan, they had to knock out France first, then Russia
- Germans get trapped in the city, ordered by Hitler that they must fight to the death and not surrender
- Many die but finally remaining German troops surrender January 31-February 2 (300,000)
- The major turning point on the eastern front of WWII
- 2 million casualties (dead and injured)
- Dropped goods from planes
- Shipment of contraceptives was the only thing that made it