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The Battle of Stalingrad [Note 8] (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943) ... Equipment used during the battle represented a full spectrum of World War II equipment, ...
The German 6th Army surrendered in the Battle of Stalingrad, 91,000 of the survivors became prisoners of war raising the number to 170,000 [7] in early 1943, but 85,000 died in the months following their capture at Stalingrad, with only approximately 6,000 of them surviving to be repatriated after the war. [8]
Stalingrad Madonna, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, Berlin.The blue cast is from the colour of the building's windows. Kurt Reuber, self-portrait made in Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Madonna (German: Stalingradmadonna) is an image of the Virgin Mary drawn by a German soldier, Kurt Reuber (1906–1944), in 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Mamayev Kurgan (Russian: Мама́ев курга́н) is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in Southern Russia. The name in Russian means "tumulus of Mamai". [1] The formation is dominated by a memorial complex commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 to February 1943).
The western half of the Stalingrad pocket had been lost by 17 January. The fighting then paused for four days while the Soviet forces regrouped and redeployed for the next phase of the operation. Understanding the desperate nature of the struggle, on the 19th, Paulus requested permission from OKH to lead a breakout to the South: [12]
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II, fought over six months from July 1942 to February 1943. [1] The battle resulted in a decisive Soviet victory but came at a tremendous cost, with over a million estimated Soviets suffered casualties. [2]
The Pitomnik airfield (Russian: питомник, lit. plant nursery) was an airfield in Russia.During the Second World War, it was the primary of seven airfields used by the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Stalingrad.
The aerial assault on Stalingrad was the most concentrated on the Ostfront according to Beevor, [1] and was the single most intense aerial bombardment on the Eastern Front at that point. [2] The destruction was monumental and complete, turning Stalingrad into a sea of fire and killing thousands of civilians and soldiers.