On July 17, 1942, the battle of Stalingrad began. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians by air raids, it is often regarded as one of the largest and bloodiest battles ...

Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2009. Pp xxii, 896. Illus., maps,table, notes, biblio., index. $39.95. ISBN: 0700616640 The second volume of the "Stalingrad ...

MOSCOW -- Dispatches from embattled Stalingrad reported today that Soviet air reinforcements have prevented a general Nazi break-through on the Volga City front, but Russian forces were compelled to ...

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In this documentary, we cover the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the most decisive engagements of World War II. Fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union from 1942 to 1943, the battle marked a ...

With the onset of Spring 1942, the war in the east was ready to begin again but the problem of supplies particularly of oil was forever a worry for the German High Command and so they planned for an ...

Several movies have been made about the crucial 1942 World War II battle of Stalingrad, including the international coproduction “Enemy at the Gates” (2001) and the German “Stalingrad” (1993). This is ...

How do you capture and portray the geography and infrastructure of one of the largest land battles ever that happened nearly 75 years ago? That's the problem that faced Kevin Kennedy of the Army ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the city formerly known as Stalingrad to participate in celebrations of the 75th anniversary of victory in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.