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 …

Sep 26, 2025 · 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.

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

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 …

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 …

Sep 10, 2023 · The Battle of Stalingrad is perhaps the most famous event of the Second World War. Remembered for, among other reasons, its close-quarters urban warfare, its immense …

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

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.

Oct 12, 2025 · Besides being the greatest battle of the war, Stalingrad proved to be the turning point of the military struggle between Germany and the Soviet Union. The battle used up …

The Battle of Stalingrad took place in and around the present day city of Volgograd between July 17, 1942 and February 2, 1943. The battle is considered to be the turning point of World War II.