17 jul 1942 año - Start of the Battle of Stalingrad

Descripción:

As operation Barbosa commenced, Germany needed a way to finish off the Soviet Union. A heavily favored idea that the Germans used was to cut off Soviet supply lines. Hitler ordered the capture of oil fields, factories, and farmlands in southern Russia and Ukraine. Stalingrad controlled the Volga River and was a major railroad junction. It also was the key to the attack to cut off Soviet supply lines.