A popular myth about the famous Battle of Stalingrad in World War II
that the Germans suffered because of the winter is completely wrong.
Although the German attack stopped a lot due to the winter, it did not have a big impact on Stalingrad. Before the counter attack of the Soviet Red Army in November 1942, the Germans occupied 90% of the Stalingrad area. Throughout the 6 months of the war, the Red Army continued to send troops from other areas of the Soviet Union to Stalingrad. The Germans were so much in Stalingrad. Focus that doesn't care about their flanks. Moreover, the flanks were mostly German satellite state Romania, Hungary and allied Italian troops who were no match for the Germans in any way. The flanks were so undefended that there were 20-25 troops in charge of an area of 1-2 km in almost every place. The Soviets took advantage of this.
After the Germans captured most of Stalingrad, the Soviets launched a counter-attack outside the city along the Axis flank (with about 100,000 troops). They easily lost these troops and encircled the Germans in Stalingrad. The situation of the Germans became dire as the supply stopped. The German High Command made another suicidal decision at this time, they thought that the Luftwaffe planes could supply the German Army. But the transport planes to supply the German Army of 3 lakh soldiers The Luftwaffe was not. Eventually the German 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army were forced to surrender.
This is how the Germans had to surrender after occupying Stalingrad.
Picture Source: Google
In the picture, the former Stalingrad, the current city of Volgograd.
At Stalingrad, Soviet Red Army had about 1.6 lakh fighters against 6 lakh Axis forces including 4 lakh Germans. Out of which 12 lakh soldiers were killed/wounded.
The Red Army fought to the death in Stalingrad. This was the turning point of World War II and the Germans could not recover from this war.
So pinning the Stalingrad achievement on the winter is nothing but sheer folly.