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Sunday 8 March 2015

Battle of Stalingrad



  • Nov-Dec 1941, German advance on Moscow met with stubborn resistance and the invasion was repulsed. 
  • Then Germany launched an offensive in Southern Russia. 
  • German troops reached outskirts of Stalingrad in August 1942, battle for 5 months. 
  • February 1943, 90,000 German officers and soldiers surrendered. Germany lost 300,000 men in this battle. Turned the tide of war. 

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