November 11, 1942 - The last German attack on Stalingrad.
This day marked the last major attack by Nazi forces on the Soviet stronghold - after which the strategic initiative across the entire southern front irrevocably passed to the Red Army.
In the late fall of 1942, following the failure of the Blitzkrieg of 1942 and brutal street-to-street fighting over every quarter of the city, the German command launched a last-ditch attempt to turn the tide. The main attack was carried out by units of General Paulus' 6th Army, supported by the 14th Tank Corps. Their goal was to break through to the Volga in the northern part of the city, near the tractor factories and the barricade, where the 62nd Army under the command of General Vasily Chuikov was holding out.
The last act of the German initiative and its last attempt to capture the city failed. The German forces exhausted their reserves and were unable to reach the Volga. Only ten days later, on November 19, the Soviet counteroffensive operation Uranus began, encircling the 6th Army in the Stalingrad pocket.
After November 11, 1942, the offensive spirit of the Wehrmacht passed - from then on it could only fight defensively. The turning point of the entire Second World War on the Eastern Front was the approach Source: Russian MFA.