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Originally Posted by u-Bob
Important to note is that although Germany lost an entire army group at Stalingrad, this was of no real significance. Germany still held the strategic initiative. The real turning point at the eastern front was the battle of Kursk.
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True dat.
Stalingrad was just made a bigger issue historically because of the fight of Stalin and Hitler initative of battling to the last man. Neither would give in, or retreat. So it's made a lot bigger because of that, and the pointless loss of life in a battle for the biggest ball sack.
