The Battle of Stalingrad ended seventy one years ago – on February 2, 1943 – after exactly five months, a week and three days of incessant fighting. The retreat of the Nazis in that particular battle is seen by many historians as the turning point of WWII.
“It is pure hell here.”
That was how Wehrmacht soldiers and officers viewed their plight after they ended up in the middle of the “circle of fire” formed by the Red Army in the Stalingrad area.
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