The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest and bloodiest battle in world history. It lasted over six months, from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943. More than 2 million soldiers took part in it. Soviet forces faced not only German troops…
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The main reasons: Wehrmacht had huge amount of casualties (more than 800 000 of soldiers) and weapons and military equipment (2700 of military airplanes, 4300 of tanks, 15000 of weaponry and mortars)
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The victory of Axis powers in Stalingrad would have prompted Turkey, according to the agreements, to enter the war with the USSR
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All of France have been resisting Nazi Germany for 43 days, but in the end, surrendered anyway. Only one building in Stalingrad was holding down the fort for 58 days by 24 soldiers until reinforcements arrived ... The name of this building…
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This article represents German prisoners of war’s testimonies, as well as letters captured by the Red army on shot down German transport aircrafts, which stated that the position of troops in the Stalingrad area was getting harder every day.
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opinion of an American about visiting Volgograd (former Stalingrad)
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Of course! This can be confirmed not only by documents
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I've already mentioned in this article that the most popular finding at the Stalingrad battlefield among those, that carry a price besides coins, buttons and others, are dogtags.
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What happened to Stalingrad and how does it look today? What sightseeing should you visit? The answer is in this article.
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Why did the Third Reich lose Stalingrad battle? There were plenty of reasons for this, one of them was a complete failure of Stalingrad airlift operation. The reasons for this failure and their catastrophic consequences are presented in this article…
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Vasily Zaytsev is a world-known sniper of the Second World War, whose deeds are probably known by everyone. However this article will tell you little- known facts about the life of this hero.
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The battle for Stalingrad lasted 200 days and nights, 135 of which were for Mamayev Hill. Mamayev Hill, rising over a central part of the city, was the most important link of the defense system of Stalingrad front, because it let the…
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Pitomnik Airfield is known to everyone who has ever read about the Stalingrad battle. It’s the main airfield where all the supply of German troops came to, all the wounded were taken out of here. After having lost “Pitomnik” Paulus’s army supply…
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The village of Rossoshka and the surroundings is a land soaked in blood, which saw scads of crippled fates. In 1942, there was a Soviet prison camp, and in 1943 there was a cemetery for German servicemen here. Now we have here…
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At the end of 1942, at the beginning of 1943, a terrible tragedy happened on the western outskirts of Stalingrad near Gumrak Airfield, which killed the last hopes of survival of the 6th Army of Gen Friedrich Paulus from the Stalingrad pocket.…
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