Stalingrad

urban battles are notoriously harsh,it was the focal point of the eastern front,with russia and germany throwing everything they have to there and rzhev
also german maneuver warfare was not much use in the ruined city,and the surrounding areas endured numerous assaults until Zhukov gathered Uranus and destroyed the 6th army

>>3297110
tldr botched supply lines, guerrilla warfare, reinforcements, and a healthy dose of pure LCK

>>3297110
The volga was a natural barrier, so they were able to stop the advance and the soviets were getting reiforcements of material from America and manpower from siberia. that was pretty much stalins plan all along, as the russians always do, to give ground until winter sets in and then come back with reinforcements

>>3297110
>Experience
Only at the beginning, after a while both sides were just ending every man they could.
>Technology
They had some fancy tanks, planes and artillery pieces, but the Soviets really dominated in a few key areas. One of the things that really turned the tide of Stalingrad, as well as urban battles throughout the Eastern front, was the Soviet submachineguns, particularly the PPSh-41. It was lightweight, had a rate of fire on par with an MG42 and was easy to mass produce. The Axis simply lacked a weapon with similar capabilities. By the end of the war it was quite common for German units to adopt captured PPSh-41s as their standard SMG. They even started producing 7.62x25 rounds specifically for that purpose.

Chad PPsh vs virgin MP40 peashooter. Crucial in urban combat. The Germans grabbed them whenever they could because nothing they had could compare.

>>3297174
Germans try to clear prevent Soviets from tossing grenades by installing wires near windows,the soviet put fish hooks so that they get tangled
Also ripping a page out of Brusilov book by putting their lines as closed to the Germans as possible,by occupying each square foot of the city that means you have to risk man for each room
Also snipers lurking in every corner,meaning the movement is restricted in the streets

>>3297220
The biggest impetus to moving in the streets was machine guns. Every street had a machine gun looking over it, and most of the time the gunners would blast anyone in the open, regardless of whose side they were on.

>>3297110
Thats what you get for have shit Allies covering your flank

>>3297147
No its just the russians standard excuse for losing battle after battle. Stalin made clear orders not to retreat or give ground and then after the war claimed the massive rout of whole armies was totally some master plan to stretch out the german supply lines or something. The meme persists to this day but in reality

lend lease vs stretched supply lines

>>3297110
Urban battles heavily favor the defender, as Germany had to clear out every building room-by-room in order to secure it, and bombing the place to a pile of rubble just creates more defensive cover for snipers and machine gun nests to hide in, clearing out the whole city while the Soviets still had the Volga River bank as a lifeline was extremely difficult.

Next strategy was the Soviets staying as close to the German lines as possible, so that any bombing run by the Luftwaffe killed Germans and Soviets alike, the number of Germans killed by friendly bombing is likely a good chunk of the total casualties.

Next is the extremely long flanks that were left lightly defended as the Germans focused so much on the city itself. Operation Uranus and Little Saturn smashed through these lines north and south of the city and surrounded the 6th Army inside the city, which meant their complete doom as German forces outside the encirclement didn't have the equipment to break the encirclement, with most of their heavy guns and armor being trapped inside the pocket in Stalingrad proper.

From there, it was just a matter of bleeding the encircled troops until they died out.

Military History Visualized did a video on the possible success of a breakout, concluding that even in Hitler ordered Paulus to attempt a breakout, it wouldn't have succeeded and the 6th Army was doomed no matter what.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqYGEzQWygM

>>3297110
>Have more soldiers
>Win
Seriously how is this even possible?

>>3299497
Only substantional numerical advantage wa held by Germans at the start. Should I reming you that Germans lost?

>>3297110
The cucks should have fought to the death and obeyed the Fuhrer. But no, they had to surrender like faggots. They would have beaten the Kikemunists but they all surrendered like losers.

>>3297110
Italians and romanians were useless from the start, so there was no advantage for the Reich from their presence. They were badly equiped, badly trained. If it was 1 mln germans against 1 mil russians, i'd say germans would have better chances at winning the battle.