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Hace 3 días · The Soviets successfully halted further Axis advance at Stalingrad — the bloodiest battle in the war — costing the Axis powers their morale and becoming the turning point of the front. Seeing the Axis setback from Stalingrad, the Soviet Union routed its forces and regained territories at its expense.
Hace 4 días · Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.
Hace 2 días · The photo was taken at Stalin's dacha near Sochi in the mid-1930s. As leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin typically awoke around 11 am, with lunch being served between 3–5 pm and dinner no earlier than 9 pm; he then worked late. He often dined with other Politburo members and their families.
Hace 5 días · The tide of the war in Europe shifted with the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad (February 1943). More than one million Soviet troops and tens of thousands of civilians died in the defense of the city, but the destruction of two entire German armies marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich .
Hace 1 día · World War II - Invasion, Soviet Union, 1941: For the campaign against the Soviet Union, the Germans allotted almost 150 divisions containing a total of about 3,000,000 men. It was in effect the largest and most powerful invasion force in human history.
Hace 4 días · This swept on to the line of the Caucasus, and farther north to Stalingrad (now Volgograd), on the Volga. There they were held, and in November a Soviet counterblow cut off the German striking forces, which surrendered in February 1943.
Hace 2 días · Tourists snap photos, drink wine in the cafés and continue their Sunday shopping. It’s a bizarre juxtaposition, but there is a definite tension growing in the city as the last votes are being cast.
