Having slowly advanced over 10 days against strong Soviet resistance, the 51st Army Corps was finally in front of the three giant factories of Stalingrad: the Red October Steel Factory, the Barrikady Arms …

Jan 9, 2026 · Battle of Stalingrad, (July 17, 1942–February 2, 1943), successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II.

Stalingrad was never meant to be the site of one of the most decisive and deadliest battles of the war, but it was there, in 1942, where the iron wills of two ruthless dictators — Adolf Hitler and Joseph …

Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically …

The Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II, as the German Sixth Army was annihilated.

Jan 8, 2026 · Stalingrad from the German Perspective | The Hell of the Sixth Army The Battle of Stalingrad remains one of the most significant and devastating clashes of World War II, seen by …

Apr 11, 2025 · The Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, July 1942 to February 1943) was an attempt by Adolf Hitler (1889 to 1945) to control the USSR's access to the Caucasus oil fields.

Nov 9, 2009 · The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II.

The Soviet victory at Stalingrad is widely held to be the turning point of World War II, [14][15] leading to the destruction of the German army in the East. In 1961, Nikita Khrushchev 's administration …

During the winter of 1942 to 1943, the city of Stalingrad became the setting for one of the fiercest and most severe battles in human history. For just over five months, soldiers and civilians endured …