The deadliest battle in World War II.

The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the most tragic battles in the history of World War II and even human war. The whole campaign lasted 199 days. Due to the huge scale of the campaign, the number of casualties has never been accurately counted. In the final stage of the campaign, the Germans still dealt a heavy blow to the Soviets, while the Soviets almost wiped out the elite divisions of the Germans-the Sixth Army and the Fourth Armored Army. Many scholars estimate that the Axis forces suffered 600,000 casualties in this battle, including 300,000 Germans, 0.5 million Romanian troops, 70,000 Italian troops, 50,000 Hungarian troops and about 50,000 Soviet surrendered troops. The proportion of German casualties and captives is very high (about 96,000 people were captured). At the same time, the Soviet Union paid a heavy price. The specific casualties of the Soviet army were: 47487 1 dead, 974734 injured. During the short 1 week of the German siege, more than 40,000 Soviet citizens were killed, but the number of civilians killed in the whole campaign was not accurately counted, but it can be said that it far exceeded this figure.

To commemorate the heroic deeds in the Battle of Stalingrad, the city was named "Hero City" in 1945. In 1960s, the Soviet Union erected a 52-meter-high "Monument to Russian Mothers" on Mount Mamayev outside the city. The statue includes the ruins that were blown up in the battle. The granary and Pavlov building, which witnessed fierce fighting, still receive future generations to visit.