Historical Chronicle: the Stalingrad Battle

2014/02/02



The Stalingrad battle ended seventy years ago and changed the course of the whole war. The German troops were trapped at the banks of the Volga river and grounded arms on 2 February 1943.







Soviet pilot at Yak-1B fighter. Winter 1942 — 1943.



The plane was given to the army by Soviet farmers of the Saratov region.



Showing German boots to friends.



German 75mm gun PaK40 under Stalingrad.



Italian troops dropping back from Stalingrad, December 1942.



Soviet soldiers at corpses of German soldiers in Stalingrad, 1943.



Soviet soldiers at corpses of German soldiers in Stalingrad, 1943.



Soviet soldiers are listening to the accordionist, 1943.



Attack of Red army soldiers under Stalingrad, 1942.














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