In the early month of 1942, Germany broke its non-aggression pact with Russia and Hitler ordered his army to sweep east to Stalingrad, and south to Astrakan, Grozny, and to the Caspian Sea. The large military offensive was called Operation Blue. Hitler's main purpose in the attack on Stalingrad was that it would be hard for the Soviets to resist if Stalingrad was captured, because they would be cut off from their own oil supply. The city was also a major industrial center, and was important in itself.

In July, 1942, the odds were heavily on the side of the Axis powers. Stalin was refusing to se

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