Kungani iMpi yaseStalingrad yayibaluleke kangaka?
Context:Impi yaseStalingrad kwakuyimpi enkulu eMpumalanga yeMpi Yezwe Yesibili lapho iJalimane lamaNazi kanye nabalingani bayo balwa neSoviet Union ngaphandle kwempumelelo yokulawula idolobha laseStalingrad (kamuva elaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iVolgograd) eNingizimu yeRussia. Impi yayigcwele ukulwa okushisayo okuseduze nokuhlaselwa okuqondile kwabantu abavamile ekuhlaselweni kwezindiza, kanti impi yayifanekisela impi yasemadolobheni. Impi yaseStalingrad yayiyimpi ebulala kakhulu eyenzeka phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili. Namuhla, iMpi yaseStalingrad ibhekwa njengengqophamlando endaweni yempi yaseYurophu, njengoba yaphoqa i-Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (iGerman High Command) ukuthi ikhiphe amabutho ezempi amaningi kwezinye izindawo eziseYurophu ehlala amaJalimane ukuze athathe indawo yokulahleka kwamaJalimane eMpumalanga, okuphelela ekuqothulweni kwamabutho ayisithupha e-Army Group B, kubandakanya ukubhujiswa kweJalimane lamaNazi i-6th Army kanye ne-corps yonke ye-4th Panzer Army. Ukunqoba kwaseStalingrad kwavuselela iButho Lebutho LaseRussia futhi kwashintsha ukulinganisela kwamandla kwaba ngokwamaSoviet.
Impi yaseStalingrad yayibaluleke kakhulu futhi iyimpi ephakathi kweJalimane lamaNazi neSoviet Union ngezizathu ezimbalwa. Okokuqala, kwakuwukulwa okubulalayo nokunamandla kakhulu phakathi kwamandla amabili, okwakubopha amabutho amakhulu kakhulu. Leli dolobha ngokwalo lalibaluleke kakhulu njengoba linesihluthulelo sokungena engxenyeni eseningizimu nasemigodini kawoyela. Okwesithathu, kwakunenani elingokomfanekiso kuStalin. Okokugcina, kwaguqula isimo sempi.