TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!
Battle for Stalingrad
  • Article by Auke de Vlieger
  • Published on January 29th, 2017

Battle for Stalingrad

The German invasion of the Soviet Union had been a certainty for Adolf Hitler for a long time. Advancing to the east meant Lebensraum (space to live) for the Germans to him. Hitler had already described this idea in his political work Mein Kampf. In his opinion, Germany was overpopulated and the nation needed more territory. He wanted to find this Lebensraum in Poland and in the Soviet Union. The Bolshevists were his arch enemies and he therefore considered the Soviet Union a more important goal than Great Britain. The Germans lost the Battle of Britain but they opened a new front in the east nonetheless. This two-front war was to prove fatal for Germany later on.

Grid List Map

Booking.com (EN)

Get started
Battle for Stalingrad
  • Article by Auke de Vlieger
  • Published on January 29th, 2017

Battle for Stalingrad

The German invasion of the Soviet Union had been a certainty for Adolf Hitler for a long time. Advancing to the east meant Lebensraum (space to live) for the Germans to him. Hitler had already described this idea in his political work Mein Kampf. In his opinion, Germany was overpopulated and the nation needed more territory. He wanted to find this Lebensraum in Poland and in the Soviet Union. The Bolshevists were his arch enemies and he therefore considered the Soviet Union a more important goal than Great Britain. The Germans lost the Battle of Britain but they opened a new front in the east nonetheless. This two-front war was to prove fatal for Germany later on.

Related persons

Chuikov, Vasily Ivanovich* February 12th, 1900
† March 18th, 1982

more
Paulus, Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst* September 23rd, 1890
† February 1st, 1957

more
Zaitsev, Vasily Grigoryevich* March 23rd, 1915
† December 15th, 1991

more
Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich* December 1st, 1896
† June 18th, 1974

more