Most Russians need no convincing that the Red Army’s grueling victory at Stalingrad ... significance can hardly be overstated. “The Battle of Stalingrad in my opinion is quite simply the ...

Celebrating the 80th anniversary ... that now embodies dictatorship. The Battle of Stalingrad is regarded as the most crucial standoff between the Soviet army and Nazi Germany, one that is ...

Eighty years ago, the Battle ... Ukraine's army. After failing to occupy Moscow, in August 1942 Hitler ordered the 6th Army east to seize Stalingrad. In short order, the defending Soviet forces ...

The most vivid chronicler of Stalingrad was the Soviet ... off the 6th Army. Paulus surrendered on January 31, the day after he was appointed field marshal. In some 200 days, the battle claimed ...

More than 100,000 German and Axis troops ended up encircled by Soviet soldiers ... of war.' The battle for Stalingrad was the turning point of the Second World War. After the German invasion ...