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[[File: Stalingrad one.jpg|thumbnail|350px|left|Fighting at Stalingrad]]
The Battle of Stalingrad, between Germany and fought by the Soviet Unionand German forces, is considered not only the most important battle in World War II but one of the most important battles in world history. The battle proved to be was a decisive victory for the Soviet Union and fundamentally changed altered USSR that turned the course tide of war in the warAllies favor. Germany's defeat at Stalingrad not only lead to a catastrophic German losses loss but put the German war machine was Germany on the defensive for the rest of the war.
Why were the Germans defeated and how did the Soviet Union manage to win the Battle of Stalingrad? The German army was hobbled by Hitler's micromanaging and tactics, his intransigence, and poor German battlefield leadership. The Soviet's benefitted from superior Soviet leadership, numbers, and tactics.
