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Battle of Stalingrad Soviet soldiers on the offensive against German troops during the Battle of Stalingrad, February 1943.

Battle of Stalingrad

World War II [1942–1943]
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Raymond Limbach
Raymond Limbach is an independent historian who has an M.A. in Land Warfare (International Perspective) with honors and a graduate certificate in German Military Studies from the American Military University....
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Battle of Stalingrad, (July 17, 1942–February 2, 1943), successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II. Russians consider it to be one of the greatest battles of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the...

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