Chương 1323: Chapter 960: Italy Surrenders_3

For Germany, contracting the front lines might have allowed them to delay for a longer period.

But the German Chancellor clearly did not accept this course of action. At a new meeting of the Supreme Command, the German Chancellor repeatedly emphasized the importance of the offensive on the Eastern Front and declared that he was prepared to pay any cost to capture Stalingrad.

It is important to note that the number of soldiers Germany and Russia had amassed in Stalingrad had already exceeded 6 million, with nearly 2.3 million from the German Army and over 3.7 million from the Russian army.

The battle of Stalingrad blindly initiated by the German Chancellor had become the largest campaign on the Eastern European Battlefield since its opening, with a level of casualties far surpassing the defense of Moscow.

Such scenes had not appeared in the early stages of World War II, and it was hard to imagine the Germans launching such a large-scale campaign in Stalingrad.