Battle Of Stalingrad November 1942
Battle of stalingrad july 17 1942 february 2 1943 successful soviet defense of the city of stalingrad now volgograd russia u s s r during world war ii.
Battle of stalingrad november 1942. Operatsiya uran was the codename of the soviet 19 23 november 1942 strategic operation in world war ii which led to the encirclement of the german sixth army the third and fourth romanian armies and portions of the german fourth panzer army. Operation uranus russian. Although further offensives on the island were intended the allied victories in north africa in early november meant that none were made. 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.
On may 1 1945 he personally accepted the german surrender of berlin. Italian cargo liner scillin was sunk by the british submarine sahib while transporting over 800 allied prisoners of war from north africa to italy killing almost all of them. On november 22 1942 a soviet counteroffensive against the german armies pays off as the red army traps about a quarter million german soldiers south of kalach on the don river within stalingrad. The operation is a textbook execution of the kind of kesselschlacht cauldron battle that the germans had carried out throughout the war thus far.
Unternehmen wintergewitter a german offensive in december 1942 during world war ii involved the german 4th panzer army failing to break the soviet encirclement of the german 6th army during the battle of stalingrad. In late november 1942 the red army had completed operation uranus encircling some 300 000 axis personnel in and around the city of stalingrad. Operation winter storm german. On 16 october 1942 the germans called off their last major air attack on malta.
The lifting of the siege was confirmed to the allies on 20 november when. November 14 1942 saturday japanese battleship hiei was sunk by enemy vessels during the naval battle of guadalcanal. 20 nov 1942 end of siege of malta. General zhukov who had played such an important role in the victory later led the soviet drive on berlin.