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194223 August 1942–2 February 1943 · Volgograd (then Stalingrad)

Battle of Stalingrad

The Motherland Calls statue on Mamayev Kurgan above Volgograd
Photo: Владимир Рябцев. CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The German Sixth Army fought its way into Stalingrad on the Volga, and the city was destroyed in months of street fighting. In November a Soviet counter-offensive encircled the attackers, and Field Marshal Paulus surrendered in February 1943 with about 91,000 men. The battle cost well over a million military and civilian casualties and turned the war in the east.

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Sites

  1. Site 1: Mamayev Kurgan and The Motherland CallsHill fought over for months, topped by an 85-metre statue.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: Panorama Museum and Pavlov's HouseBattle panorama, a ruined mill and the apartment block held by Soviet troops.Map ↗

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