This battle featured an assault on the Romanian 3rd Army to allow the encirclement of the German 6th Army of General Paulus in Operation Uranus.
One side in this battle employed the tactic of "hugging the enemy," where fighting from close range minimized the effectiveness of long-range firepower. Prior to this battle, one side's orders declared "Not a step back." In this battle, an apartment building was held for two months through an anti-tank rifle mounted on the roof at Pavlov's House. This battle featured an assault on the Romanian 3rd Army to allow the encirclement of the German 6th Army of General Paulus in Operation Uranus. This battle reversed the eastward momentum of Operation Barbarossa. For 10 points, name this battle in which German forces were unable to capture and hold a Russian city on the Volga River.
One side in this battle employed the tactic of "hugging the enemy," where fighting from close range minimized the effectiveness of long-range firepower.
Battle of Stalingrad