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Because they were places where Germany's armies in North Africa and Russia respectively suffered their first major defeat.
Its blitzkrieg tactic failed to defeat Great Britain, as it had done in other part of Europe.
The first battles in WW2 are as follows. Germany's first fight was the invasion of Poland. Russias first fight was when Germans invaded. Frances first fight was the German invasion. The US of A's first "fight" if you'd call it that is Pearl Harbor. Japan's first was the invasion of China.
There were two battles in this general vicinity. The first and second Battles of Bull Run. Northerners usually named battles after the closest body of water, river or creek. Southerners tended to name battles after the nearest town. In the South, these two battles are referred to as First and Second Manassas.
During the Second World War, the Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 to February 1943) was important for several reasons. First, it was a decisive defeat for the Germans -- their first decisive defeat on land in the entire war. Second, it demonstrated that, while they had more to learn, the Soviet military had become very nearly a match for their German opponents.