Battle of Stalingrad
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date 17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943 Location Stalingrad, Soviet Union Result Decisive Soviet Victory
Belligerents
Germany Romania Italy Hungary Croatia	Soviet Union
Timeline:	"Joe Steele"
Part of World War II
Result Decisive Soviet Victory
Timeline:	The Disunited States of America
Part of The War of the Three Emperors
Date 1947
Belligerents
Russia	Unknown

Stalingrad (formerly called Tsaritsyn) was a city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Soviet Union. It was renamed for for Joseph Stalin in 1925. It became the site of a fierce battle between Soviet forces and the invading German army from 1942 to 1943. After the "de-Stalinization" policy adopted by the USSR and Russia upon his death, the city was renamed Volgograd.

In most Harry Turtledove works, the city retains the name "Stalingrad".

Contents 1 Stalingrad in Days of Infamy 2 Stalingrad in "Joe Steele" 3 Stalingrad in "Ready for the Fatherland" 4 Stalingrad in Southern Victory 5 Stalingrad in The Disunited States of America 6 Stalingrad in The Man With the Iron Heart

Stalingrad in Days of InfamyEdit

The Battle of Stalingrad turned into a disaster for the Germans and for a while, it looked as though they would go down instead of the Soviet's. But the Germans were able to stabilize their front and even regain a lot of lost ground. This resulted in a stalemate on the Eastern Front.

In the Pacific, the Japanese Army which had been waiting for the Soviet's to fall, had to come to grips with the reality that the quick German victory on which Japan had pinned so many of its hopes on its ally was nothing but a pipe dream. Those in the Imperial Navy saw that defeat for the Germans meant the Allies could concentrate more of their resources on Japan's already thinly stretched forces.

Stalingrad in "Joe Steele"Edit

The Battle of Trotskygrad (renamed for Soviet leader Leon Trotsky) convinced U.S. President Joe Steele to step up plans for an invasion of German-occupied France, for fear that the Soviet Union would occupy Europe.

Stalingrad in "Ready for the Fatherland"Edit

The tremendous cost of Stalingrad to the German army eroded the faith of many generals in Adolf Hitler. It was shortly after Stalingrad that Erich von Manstein shot Hitler.

Stalingrad in Southern VictoryEdit

The city of Tsaritsyn was where the Socialists made their last stand there before being crushed by the counterrevolutionary forces of Tsar Mikhail II towards the end of the Russian Civil War (1917-1926). Iosef Dzhugashvili, one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution who styled himself "Man of Steel", was among those killed in the battle.

Stalingrad in The Disunited States of AmericaEdit

Tsaritsyn was an intense and bloody battle during the War of the Three Emperors that leveled the whole city.

Stalingrad in The Man With the Iron HeartEdit

Germany's defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943 convinced Reinhard Heydrich that the country should prepare and train a force to resist the Allies should they invade the country.

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