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*[http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/stalingrad/default.aspx Battle of Stalingrad] by Mike Yoder | *[http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/stalingrad/default.aspx Battle of Stalingrad] by Mike Yoder | ||
| + | *[http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0862011.html The Turning Point] of World War II, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. C | ||
Revision as of 02:33, May 8, 2007
Stalingrad is the former name of Volgograd in Russia, named after Joseph Stalin, and originally called Tsaritsyn..
The battle of Stalingrad was fought for 6 1/2 months in World War II, in 1942-43, in one of the bloodiest battles in human history. The German 6th Army under General von Paulus managed to occupy 90% of the city, but was surrounded and destroyed by Soviet armies after Hitler forbade an attempt to break out (and promoted von Paulus to Field Marshal on the grounds that no German Field Marshal had ever surrendered in the field). The German surrender was considered the turning point of the war in Russia.
External links
- Battle of Stalingrad by Mike Yoder
- The Turning Point of World War II, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. C