Correct Answer - Option 1 : War of Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Fuhrer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
War of Stalingrad:
- The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II.
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Russian forces were initially able to slow the German Wehrmacht’s advances during a series of brutal skirmishes just north of Stalingrad.
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Stalin’s forces lost more than 200,000 men, but they successfully held off German soldiers.
- With a firm understanding of Hitler’s plans, the Russians had already shipped much of the stores of grain and cattle out of Stalingrad.
- And yet, the Russians continued to suffer heavy losses. By the fall of 1942, Stalingrad was in ruins.
- With the Russian blockade limiting access to supplies, German forces trapped in Stalingrad slowly starved.
- German generals abandoned all efforts to relieve their beleaguered forces trapped in Stalingrad. Still, Hitler refused to surrender even as his men slowly starved and ran out of ammunition.
- By February 1943, Russian troops had retaken Stalingrad and captured nearly 100,000 German soldiers, though pockets of resistance continued to fight in the city until early March.
- Most of the captured soldiers died in Russian prison camps, either as a result of disease or starvation.
- The loss at Stalingrad was the first failure of the war to be publicly acknowledged by Hitler.
- It put Hitler and the Axis powers on the defensive and boosted Russian confidence as it continued to do battle on the Eastern Front in World War II.
- In the end, many historians believe the Battle at Stalingrad marked a major turning point in the conflict.
- It was the beginning of the march toward victory for the Allied forces of Russia, Britain, France, and the United States.
- In February 2018, Russians gathered in what is now known as Volgograd to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of the battle that had ravaged their city.
Hence, the correct answer is War of Stalingrad.
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Battle of Normandy:
- Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
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The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings.
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Battle of Poland:
- The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September campaign, 1939 defensive war, and Poland campaign, was an attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II.
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Battle of Dunkirk:
- The Battle of Dunkirk was fought around the French port of Dunkirk during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany.
