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 ...

Inarguably one of the most merciless and destructive battles throughout history. Resulting in nearly two million total ...

The Battle of Rzhev, a small town in northwestern Russia, was not a victory for the Red Army. However, it laid the foundation for the decisive victories at Stalingrad and the Kursk Salient. When in ...

Those were the words of just one desperate German soldier in a letter to his family amidst impending defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in early 1943. His letter is one of dozens that have been ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Though Stalingrad carried significant military importance, the psychological importance both leaders placed on the city elevated it to a level of importance above ...

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 ...

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 presses its war in ...

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