1. Stalingrad

3. July 1942: Massive German offensive in southern Russia
The city of Stalingrad is besieged
The focal point of the entire war
August 23: Massive German bombing destroys 80% of the city’s residential buildings
Fighting in the city: average life expectancy of the Soviet soldier – 24 hours

4. Stalingrad before the war

5. Stalingrad, September 1942

6. Women volunteers signing Oath of Allegiance

7. Red Army infantry counterattack at Stalingrad

8. Stalingrad worker militia

9. Soviet “Katyusha” rocket attack

10. Stalingrad: street fighting

11. The architects of victory at Stalingrad

12. General Georgiy Zhukov

13. General Aleksandr Vasilevsky

14. General Konstantin Rokossovsky

15. General Ivan Konev

16. Stalingrad: surrender of German Field Marshal von Paulus

19. Killed, wounded or captured at Stalingrad:
The Battle of Stalingrad claimed over two million casualties, more than any other battle in human history, and was also one of the longest: it raged for 199 days.
Killed, wounded or captured at Stalingrad:
Soviets: 1,290,000
Germans and allies: 850,000

21. German POWs in Russia

22. German POWs outside Moscow