The Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942-February 2, 1943) was one of the most brutal and bloody battles of World War II. Germany's disastrously ill-fated attack on the Russian city is widely ...

Eighty years ago, the surrender of Nazi Germany's Sixth Army marked the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. Today, Russia uses commemoration events for its campaign against Ukraine and reinterprets ...

The Battle of Stalingrad, with its five months of fierce fighting, began exactly 80 years ago, on Aug. 23, 1942. An estimated 750,000 Soviets died defending the city, delivering an enormous blow to ...

Stalingrad’s most celebrated hero, the accountant-turned-sniper, gave a tremendous boost to the morale of the Red Army. On Christmas Day 1942, Radio Moscow broadcast a simple message to the members of ...

The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it presses its war in ...

On July 17, 1942, the battle of Stalingrad began. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians by air raids, it is often regarded as one of the largest and bloodiest battles ...

The city of Stalingrad was in ruins as the Russian winter of 1942-43 took hold. For nearly three months it had been the battleground in which the Red Army had dug in to prevent the advance of the ...

The Russian city of Volgograd could soon be answering to its old and - to many people - much more familiar name of Stalingrad. The regional authorities in the city, site of the 1942-3 battle, are keen ...

Knorring/RIA Novosti Early in the morning of November 19, 1942, thousands of Soviet cannons shelled the positions of the Nazis, and the Soviet army started a decisive attack. Zelma/RIA Novosti Several ...