1. What kinds of things must be considered when one tried to determine the “cost” of a war? Can you think of any “cost” not mentioned on this page?

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.