What if hitler had won the war with britains help

[LeMaquis]

I agree with this, though it has to be said that the war was far from won after Stalingrad and the Soviets suffered some major defeats afterwards, so I don't think a single turning point can be identified.

 

Turning points are turning points, not final victory. The importance of Stalingrad was that Hitler was hoping to defeat the Red Army before the American forces were fully mobilised and to get his hands on Soviet oil in the Caucuses. The Red Army's victory denied Hitler these goals. It also made Germans face up to the fact that Hitler's war was not an inevitable success as many thought and gave confidence to the Allies, especially the Russians who now had the Germans on the retreat.

[Harleyman]

Turning points are turning points, not final victory. The importance of Stalingrad was that Hitler was hoping to defeat the Red Army before the American forces were fully mobilised and to get his hands on Soviet oil in the Caucuses. The Red Army's victory denied Hitler these goals. It also made Germans face up to the fact that Hitler's war was not an inevitable success as many thought and gave confidence to the Allies, especially the Russians who now had the Germans on the retreat.

 

Typical of Hitlers weird thinking the fact that Stalingrad bore the name of his arch enemy had to be taken regardless of the cost. It became a personal matter for him.

The Luftwaffe bombed the city to rubble at the start of the battle which only resulted in making it easier for the Russian snipers and infantrymen to fight more effectively