AUGUST 23, 1942: The Battle of Stalingrad – the bloodiest fight of World War II - began on this day in 1942 after Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet city bearing its dictator’s name. The Wehrmacht’s 6th ...

During World War Two, the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most brutal engagements of the entire conflict, and would go on to be one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. Over a ...

The most vivid chronicler of Stalingrad was the Soviet novelist and journalist Vasily Grossman, especially in his Tolstoyan epic Life and Fate. Countless lines jump from the pages of Grossman’s ...

Paris (AFP) – The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it ...

In the winter of 1942, the armies of Hitler and Stalin went head to head in the bloodiest battle of the Second World War. Fought over five months through the bitter Russian Winter, the Battle for ...

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. Russians consider it to be one of ...