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In the autumn of 1942, the German 6th Army with Romanian, Hungarian and Italian armies in support, ground into Stalingrad\u2014a hell of their own making. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Map: Stalingrad city layout<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Historical photos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Red Army soldier prepare to defend Stalingrad suburb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stalingrad on fire after bombing, 2 October 1942 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Red October Factory’s ruins became hiding places for Red Army defenders<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loading a Katyusha rocket launcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katyusha from military museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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General Friedrich Paulus <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second from left, Gen. Vasily Chuikov in his headquarters in Stalingrad, 1942.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Antony Beevor, Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege 1942\u20131943<\/em>. Penguin Books, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antony Beevor, The Second World War<\/em>. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Craig, Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad<\/em>. Old Saybrook, CT, USA: Konecky & Konecky, 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony Tucker-Jones, Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin\u2019s War 1941\u20131945<\/em>. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound effects by Zapsplat<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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