The Battle of Stalingrad was an important turning point in World War II. The Soviet Union suffered 1 million casualties in this battle, and gained this victory at the cost of blood. It was the turning battle of World War II. The Battle of Stalingrad was named: Wall of Flesh. This battle was the most brutal in World War II.

Stalingrad Battle Memorial Medal No matter from any perspective, the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most tragic battles in World War II and even in the history of human wars. The entire campaign lasted 199 days. Due to the scale of the battle, the number of casualties has never been accurately counted. In the final stage of the battle, the German army still dealt a heavy blow to the Soviet Red Army. At the same time, the Soviet Red Army also almost wiped out the entire German 6th Army (comprising the 8th, 11th, 51st Infantry Corps, and the 14th Armored Corps) and the 4th Armored Corps. In the group army part (Fourth Army), the numbers of 21 German divisions were eliminated from the sequence list (3rd, 29th, and 60th Motorized Infantry Divisions, 14th, 16th, and 24th Armored Divisions, 44th, 71st, 76th, 79th, 94, 100, 113, 295, 297, 305, 371, 376, 384, 389 Infantry Division, 9th Anti-aircraft Artillery Division), and a large number of directly affiliated troops were wiped out (when they were annihilated, the 6th Group Army had the 51st and 389th Infantry Divisions). 53rd Mortar Regiment; 2nd and 30th Smoke Launcher Regiments; 4th, 46th, 64th and 70th Artillery Regiments; 54th, 616th, 627th and 849th Artillery Battalions; 49th, 101st and 733rd Heavy Artillery Battalions; 6th , 41 Light Industry Barracks). Western scholars estimate that the Axis forces suffered 850,000 casualties in this battle, of which 750,000 were killed or injured and 91,000 were captured. The Soviet Union estimated that 1.5 million Axis troops would be wiped out. No matter which estimate is used, most people agree that the German army lost a quarter of its southern flank of the Eastern Front in the Battle of Stalingrad. The failure of the Battle of Stalingrad caused the German army to launch the subsequent Battle of Kursk as the last hope to regain the initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield. However, it completely lost the strategic initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield. Just as German Army Chief of Staff Zeitz General Le said: "We lost 250,000 officers and soldiers in Stalingrad, which was equivalent to breaking our backbone on the entire Eastern Front." At the same time, the Soviet Union also paid a heavy price. The specific number of casualties of the Soviet Red Army was: 474,871 650,878 people died, 650,878 were injured or captured, and the total casualties were 1,129,619. In just one week after the German army invaded the city, more than 40,000 Soviet citizens were killed. There is no accurate statistics on the number of civilians who died throughout the battle, but it can be said that it far exceeds this number. In this battle, the losses of the Soviet Red Army were still greater than those of the German army. The difference was that the German army was wiped out by the integration system, and its combat effectiveness no longer existed. The new troops could not form combat effectiveness without a period of training; while the remaining units of the Soviet Red Army were supplemented by new recruits. Using the old to lead the new can quickly form combat effectiveness. Moreover, it was difficult for the German army to replenish personnel and supplies, and the Soviet Red Army's replenishment speed and quantity far exceeded that of Germany. Germany's power was weakened as a result.