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Lots of good stuff here and several good points have been made. There were multiple factors in the defeat.
From everything I have ever read the key thing I have personally taken away is the fact that the Russians had General Zhukov.
His battlefield strategy put the Germans in a position to be encircled and after a time it became impossible to even conceive of a breakout.
The Germans having Paulus was a strength, but he was hindered by Hitler. The fact that Hitler promoted Paulus to Field Marshall at the eleventh hour was the signal for Paulus to die in place (to that point no German Field Marshal had ever been taken POW).
Simply Stated:
No Zhukov.... No Russian Victory at Stalingrad.
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