Question

Battle of Stalingrad

(a) When did Germany attack Stalingrad?

(b) What were the main manufactures of Stalingrad?

(c) What was the name of the plan formulated by Hitler to attack Stalingrad?

(d) What is the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 1

(a) In August 1942, Germany attacked Stalingrad.

(b) The main manufactures of Stalingrad were armaments and tractors.

(c) Fall Blau or Operation Blue

(d) The people of Russia were grateful for Stalin’s conduct of the war. They regarded him as ‘a prodigy of patience, tenacity and vigilance, almost omnipresent, almost omniscient.