Stalingrad

In the winter of 1942, the armies of Germany and Russia met on these plains. Three million men fought here ... two million died; this was the Battle of Stalingrad. In August 1942 Germany's million man army closed in on Stalingrad. For the Soviet Union, the defense of the city became the emblem of national salvation and by October the fight was centered in the rubble of the city. By the beginning of 1943 the German divisions were dug in, outgunned, surrounded and starving. Early in February the invaders offered their surrender -- eight hundred thousand Germans and more than a million Russians were left where they fell.




	Stalingrad	Fields of Bones
	In the winter of 1942, the armies of Germany and Russia met on these plains. Three million men fought here ... two million died; this was the Battle of Stalingrad. In August 1942 Germany's million man army closed in on Stalingrad. For the Soviet Union, the defense of the city became the emblem of national salvation and by October the fight was centered in the rubble of the city. By the beginning of 1943 the German divisions were dug in, outgunned, surrounded and starving. Early in February the invaders offered their surrender -- eight hundred thousand Germans and more than a million Russians were left where they fell.


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