The Battle of Stalingrad: A Turning Point Remembered

The Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 – February 1943) was one of the bloodiest battles in human history, with combined military and civilian casualties exceeding two million. The Soviet victory at Stalingrad is widely regarded as the turning point of the European theatre of the Second World War. For the first time, a complete German army (the 6th Army under Field Marshal Paulus) was forced to surrender. The battle demonstrated the extraordinary resilience of Soviet soldiers and civilians, and its outcome shifted the strategic balance decisively in favour of the Allied powers. Several veterans commemorated on moypolk.uk fought at Stalingrad, and their personal stories provide a human dimension to this momentous event.