Battle of Stalingrad
A battle between the Soviet Red Army and Nazi Germany for the industrial city of Stalingrad [today Volgograd] on the Volga River in Russia. The siege lasted for 199 days between September 1942 and February 1943, with fierce combat and heavy losses on both sides. German troops were eventually surrounded and trapped by the Soviets, leading to the surrender of over 90,000 German soldiers. The German defeat at Stalingrad was a turning point in the war.
Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941-42, with Stalingrad and the line of farthest Nazi advance into Soviet territory indicated.
