The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the major battles of the Second World War, and saw the German Wehrmacht and Stalin’s Red Army fight savagely, often in close quarters, for control of the city. The combat also involved civilians and was unprecedented in its scale; the Battle of Stalingrad is now widely regarded as one of the largest and bloodiest battles in history. It marked a turning point in the war: the Germans were defeated for the first time since the outbreak of […]