14 Jul 1942
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Russia
- Martial law was declared in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | AC]
19 Jul 1942
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Russia
- The Soviet 66th Naval Rifle Brigade arrived at Stalingrad, Russia and was assigned to the Soviet 64th Army. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
23 Jul 1942
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Russia
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky was named a representative of the Soviet Stavka at Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | Stalingrad | CPC]
1 Aug 1942
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![Soviet naval infantry signal troops setting up communication wires, Stalingrad, Russia, 1 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad102.jpg)
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- Marshal Andrey Yeryomenko was appointed the commanding officer of the Soviet Southeastern Front, charged with planning the defense of Stalingrad in southern Russia. Meanwhile, German 4th Panzer Army attacked Kotelnikovo located 100 miles southwest of Stalingrad, surprising Soviet defenders. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
![Soviet naval infantry signal troops setting up communication wires, Stalingrad, Russia, 1 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad102.jpg)
4 Aug 1942
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Russia
- Elements of German 4.Panzerarmee crossed the Aksay River en route to Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
6 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- Soviet fighter pilot Mikhail Baranov of the 183rd Air Regiment leading a flight of four Yak-1 aircraft over Stalingrad, Russia ran headlong into a formation of 25 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters and took them on, shooting down three before running out of ammunition. Then skilfully manoeuvring his aircraft on to the tail of a fourth Bf 109 fighter, he closed in and cut off the fin of the enemy fighter with his propeller, afterwards making a successful forced landing. ww2dbase [Yak-1 | Stalingrad | AC]
10 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- Troops of the German 6.Armee crossed the Don River in southern Russia, reaching the suburbs of Stalingrad. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
16 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- German Luftwaffe conducted its first major bombing raid on Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
20 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- The German 6.Armee began to attack Stalingrad, Russia, crossing the Don River by inflatable boats. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
24 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- Marshal Georgy Zhukov was sent to Stalingrad, Russia to take over the defense. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
25 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- Joseph Stalin declared Stalingrad, Russia to be in a state of siege, but ordered all heavy factories to remain in position to supply combat vehicles directly to front line units. Meanwhile, German 6th Army continued the attempt to break into the city from the north, but making little advance. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
27 Aug 1942
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Russia
- German 16th Panzer Division, out of fuel to move further, dug in north of Stalingrad, Russia to wait for the German 6th Army to catch up to reinforce its position. 16 miles south of Stalingrad, German 4th Panzer Division made slow progress due to heavy resistance near Lake Sarpa. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
29 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- German 4th Panzer Army broke through Soviet lines 15 miles south of Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
31 Aug 1942
Russia
Russia
- Tanks of the German 4th Panzer Army reached the Stalingrad-Morozovsk railway on the outskirts of Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
1 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- Soviet General Andrey Yeremenko pulled Soviet 62nd Army and 64th Army back near Stalingrad, Russia to avoid encirclement. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
3 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- The German 6.Armee and 4.Panzerarmee finally linked up near Stalingrad in southern Russia, but were rebuffed in their attempts to enter the city. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
5 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- Soviet 24th Army and 66th Army organized a counter attack against German XIV Panzer Corps at Stalingrad, Russia. Launched in the morning, it was called off around noon time; 30 of the 120 tanks committed to this attack were destroyed, nearly all of which to German Luftwaffe aircraft. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
7 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- The German 6.Armee units began advancing through Stalingrad, Russia to the Volga shores. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
10 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- German 29th Motorized Infantry Division cut off Soviet 64th Army south of Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
11 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- Lieutenant General Vasiliy Chuikov took command of the newly formed Soviet 62nd Army located on the east bank of the Volga River at Stalingrad in southern Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
12 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- General Friedrich Paulus began a fresh offensive toward Stalingrad, Russia with artillery and aerial bombardments. His ground troops then reached the strategically vital hill 102 of Mamayev Kurgan which overlooked the city. This hill, an important line of defence for centuries, would now see a bloody struggle by both sides as its loss would allow the Germans to control the entire river, across which all Soviet supplies had to travel. By the end of the day, the Soviet 62nd Army had been reduced to 90 tanks, 700 mortars and 20,000 men. ww2dbase [Friedrich Paulus | Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC, AC]
13 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- Soviet 13th Guards Rifle Division engaged in heavy fighting at Mamayev Kurgan and Railway Station No. 1 at Stalingrad, Russia; it would lose a third of its strength in the fighting. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
- Lydia Litvyak shot down a German Ju 88 bomber and the Bf 109G-2 fighter piloted by Oberfeldwebel Erwin Meier over Stalingrad, Russia while flying a Yak-1 fighter. ww2dbase [Lydia Litvyak | Stalingrad | CPC]
14 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- Soviet 62nd Army launched a counterattack in Stalingrad, Russia at dawn, but it would ultimately be turned back by German troops, with the Soviets hemming themselves into a narrow strip along the Volga River. From the other side of the river, Soviet 13th Guards Rifle Division crossed on barges amidst aerial and artillery bombardment to prevent German 71st Division and 76th Division from penetrating Soviet 62nd Army lines and reaching the Volga River. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
- Yekaterina Budanova claimed her first aerial kill, a Bf 109 fighter, over Stalingrad, Russia; the kill was shared with fellow pilot Lydia Litvyak. ww2dbase [Yekaterina Budanova | Stalingrad | CPC]
- Lydia Litvyak shot down a German Bf 109 fighter over Stalingrad, Russia while flying a Yak-1 fighter. ww2dbase [Lydia Litvyak | Stalingrad | CPC]
15 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- German infantry made repeated assaults at the Mamayev Kurgan hill in Stalingrad, Russia without success; heavy fighting caused heavy casualties on both sides. Elsewhere in the city, German infantry advanced down the Tsaritsa River gorge toward the Volga River. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
16 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- The Soviet NKVD rifle battalion stationed on Mamayev Kurgan hill in Stalingrad, Russia continued to fight off German attempts to take this high point. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
17 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- In Stalingrad, Russia, German and Soviet troops engaged in heavy fighting at the Mamayev Kurgan hill, the Central Station, the grain elevator, and the apartment building soon to be named Pavlov's House. Also in the city, German troops advanced along the Tsaritsa River toward the banks of the Volga River where Soviet reinforcements were arriving from the other side. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
18 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- Soviet 1st Guards Army and 24th Army attacked German VIII Army Corps at Kotluban 40 kilometers north of Stalingrad, Russia; German Stuka dive bombers hampered the attack by destroying 41 of the 106 Soviet tanks committed, while escorting Bf 109 fighters destroyed 77 Soviet aircraft in the immediate area. In the city, heavy house-to-house fighting continued. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
20 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- In Stalingrad, Russia, Soviet and German troops engaged in heavy fighting at the Mamayev Kurgan hill, in the Central Station, and the grain elevator. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
22 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- The Soviet 62nd Army was split in half by the German advance down the Taritsa River gorge in Stalingrad in southern Russia, and the German troops now held nearly the entire southern half of the city. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
23 Sep 1942
Russia
![Damaged buildings in southern Stalingrad, Russia, 23 Sep 1942, photo 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad18.jpg)
Russia
- Soviet 284th Rifle Division arrived in Stalingrad, Russia and was ferried across the Volga River to join the front lines as German troops attacked the landing site. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
![Damaged buildings in southern Stalingrad, Russia, 23 Sep 1942, photo 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad18.jpg)
24 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- German 94th Infantry Division and 24th Panzer Division effectively wiped out all Soviet units in the southern pocket in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
26 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- The German troops begin another "final" attack in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
27 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- Lydia Litvyak shot down a German Ju 88A-4 bomber and shared the credit for downing the Bf 109G-2 fighter piloted by Horst Loose over Stalingrad, Russia while flying a Yak-1 fighter. ww2dbase [Lydia Litvyak | Stalingrad | CPC]
- German Luftwaffe unit III./KG 4 (flying He 111 bombers) flew its last bombing sortie over Stalingrad, Russia. The unit would soon be transported out of its base in Morozovsk, Russia for Germany to undergo glider towing training. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
28 Sep 1942
Russia
Russia
- In Stalingrad, Russia, Sergeant Jacob Pavlov and three others assaulted the much shelled apartment block facing Solechnaya street, expelling the incumbent Germans with hand-grenades. In the cellar they found several badly wounded Soviet soldiers still holding out. "Pavlov's House" would become a boundary fortification, and a symbol of resistance. The handful of men defended the outpost for 58 days, against infantry, artillery and tank assaults. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | AC]
2 Oct 1942
Russia
![Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber over Stalingrad, Russia, 2 Oct 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad24.jpg)
![Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942, photo 5 of 5](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad25.jpg)
![Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942, photo 4 of 5](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad26.jpg)
![Smoke rising after German aerial bombardment, Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad57.jpg)
See all photos dated 2 Oct 1942
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- Yekaterina Budanova shot down a Ju 88 bomber and a Bf 109 fighter over Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Yekaterina Budanova | Stalingrad | CPC]
![Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber over Stalingrad, Russia, 2 Oct 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad24.jpg)
![Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942, photo 5 of 5](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad25.jpg)
![Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942, photo 4 of 5](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad26.jpg)
![Smoke rising after German aerial bombardment, Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad57.jpg)
See all photos dated 2 Oct 1942
3 Oct 1942
Russia
Russia
- Heavy losses were incurred on both sides as the German 6.Armee pushed the Soviet 62nd Army back to the Volga River at Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
4 Oct 1942
Russia
Russia
- German XIV Panzer Korps attacked the Stalingrad Tractor Factory in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad Tractor Factory | Stalingrad | TH]
6 Oct 1942
Russia
Russia
- Yekaterina Budanova shot down a Ju 88 bomber over Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Yekaterina Budanova | Stalingrad | CPC]
14 Oct 1942
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Russia
- The German assault on the Stalingrad Tractor Factory in Stalingrad, Russia was aided by more than 2,000 sorties by aircraft of Luftflotte 4. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad Tractor Factory | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
15 Oct 1942
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Russia
- German Stuka dive bombers of Luftflotte 4 flew 900 individual sorties against Soviet positions at the Stalingrad Tractor Factory in Stalingrad, Russia, wiping out several Soviet regiments. ww2dbase [Stalingrad Tractor Factory | Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
16 Oct 1942
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Russia
- The entire staff of the Soviet 339th Infantry Regiment was wiped out by German air attacks at Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
22 Oct 1942
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Russia
- Most of the Red October and Barricade factories in northern Stalingrad, Russia were taken by German troops. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
25 Oct 1942
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Russia
- Friedrich Paulus reported to Adolf Hitler that Stalingrad, Russia would be taken by 10 Nov 1942. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
8 Nov 1942
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Russia
- Many units of the German Luftflotte 4 were transferred from Stalingrad, Russia to North Africa. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
11 Nov 1942
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Russia
- German 6.Armee succeeded in reaching the Volga River in Stalingrad, Russia, with a 600-yard frontage near the Red October steel factory. In Germany, Hitler announced during Beer Hall Putsch celebration that Stalingrad, Russia was almost in German hands, but that he did not want to keep the city just because of its name. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
19 Nov 1942
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Russia
- Having fought the Germans to a standstill, the Soviets launched a surprise counter-attack north and south of Stalingrad, Russia designed to encircle Friedrich Paulus's German 6th Army bogged down in the city. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | AC]
20 Nov 1942
Russia
Russia
- One day after the first Soviet offensive was launched at Stalingrad, Russia, a second one was launched south of the city against positions held by Romanian 4th Army Corps. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
- Six He 111 bombers of German Luftwaffe group KG 55 flew an armed reconnaissance mission from their base at Morozovskaya, Russia over Stalingrad, Russia; two aircraft failed to return. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
26 Nov 1942
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Russia
- Low cloud ceiling of 200 meters and periodic snow showers hindered German ability to supply troops in Stalingrad, Russia on this day. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
3 Dec 1942
Russia
Russia
- In Stalingrad, Russia, after fierce hand-to–hand fighting, Soviet forces capture the L-shaped House where the Germans had been overlooking the Soviet positions along the Volga River for many weeks. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | AC]
5 Dec 1942
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Russia
- Despite heavy fog, 17 He 111 and about 50 Ju 52/3m aircraft were able to fly 150 tons of supplies into Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
24 Dec 1942
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Russia
- Soviet troops launched an offensive against the German Armeegruppe Don near Stalingrad, Russia, piercing Romanian 4th Army's lines. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
25 Dec 1942
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Russia
- With the slaughter of over 12,000 horses, the Germans in Stalingrad, Russia received their last meat rations. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
10 Jan 1943
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Russia
- Another Soviet offensive, Operation Ring, began at Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
18 Jan 1943
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Russia
- Late in the day, three He 111 transport aircraft of German Luftwaffe unit III./KG 55 attempted to land at the small Gumrak Airfield at Stalingrad, Russia. The first landed but would not be able to takeoff again, the second made ten failed attempts at lining up with the wreck-strewn short runway but ultimately pushed its cargo of 20 sacks of bread out of the bomb bay doors without landing, and the third followed suit. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
22 Jan 1943
Russia
![Soviet mortar crew in action at Stalingrad, Russia, 22 Jan 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad89.jpg)
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- German 6th Army engineers reported that the small Stalingradskaya Airfield close to the center of Stalingrad, Russia was ready to receive transport aircraft. Several He 111 aircraft arrived later on the same day with supplies, some of which would be fatally damaged when their landing gears became caught in bomb craters on the runway. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
![Soviet mortar crew in action at Stalingrad, Russia, 22 Jan 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad89.jpg)
23 Jan 1943
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Russia
- The German-controlled Gumrak Airfield on the western side of Stalingrad, Russia was taken by Soviet troops. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
24 Jan 1943
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Russia
- The Soviets once again demanded surrender from the encircled German forces in Stalingrad, Russia. Responding to Friedrich Paulus' message requesting permission to surrender as his men were now nearly out of ammunition and medical supplies, Adolf Hitler told Paulus to fight to the last man even if defeat was imminent. By the end of this day, the German forces in Stalingrad would be divided in two pockets and would have lost the use of the final airstrip available to them, Stalingradsaya Airfield. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
25 Jan 1943
Russia
Russia
- The remnants of the German 6.Armee were split in two pockets, north and south, in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
28 Jan 1943
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Russia
- As the German forces in Stalingrad, Russia were now divided into three pockets by Soviet attacks, Hermann Göring messaged Friedrich Paulus, noting that Paulus' stubborn defense, even if it led to self sacrifice, would go down in German history as one of the most heroic tales. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
30 Jan 1943
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Russia
- Soviet troops reached Red Square in central Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
31 Jan 1943
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Russia
- Out of food and ammunition, the southern half of the German 6.Armee in Stalingrad, Russia surrendered; the final radio message coming out of this pocket was made at 1945 hours, which closed with the Morse abbreviation "CL", short for "Clear (I am closing my station)". Shortly after, 110 German transport aircraft take off for the northern pocket with supplies; more than 90 of the aircraft found the illuminated triangular drop zone and released their loads. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH, CPC]
1 Feb 1943
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Russia
- Trapped in the ruins of a department store in Stalingrad, Russia, Friedrich Paulus surrendered the southern pocket along with 14 of his generals; Paulus became the first German field marshal to surrender to an enemy force. Fighting continued in the northern pocket, however, and 85 of the 108 transport aircraft dispatched to airdrop supplies to the northern pocket were able to do so. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | AC, CPC]
2 Feb 1943
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![Friedrich Paulus as a prisoner of war at Stalingrad, Russia, Feb 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_paulus2.jpg)
![Soviet General Konstantin Rokossovsky (first from left) and Marshal of Artillery Nikolay Voronov (second from left) speaking to German Field Marshal Paulus (first from right) through interpreter Captain Nikolay Dyatlenko, Stalingrad, Russia, early Feb 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad83.jpg)
![Soviet troops patrolling the ruins of Stalingrad, Russia, 2 Feb 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad92.jpg)
Russia
- The last of the German Sixth Army surrendered in Stalingrad, Russia. On the same day, a German reconnaissance aircraft was dispatched to fly over Stalingrad, confirming that all fighting had ceased. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]
![Friedrich Paulus as a prisoner of war at Stalingrad, Russia, Feb 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_paulus2.jpg)
![Soviet General Konstantin Rokossovsky (first from left) and Marshal of Artillery Nikolay Voronov (second from left) speaking to German Field Marshal Paulus (first from right) through interpreter Captain Nikolay Dyatlenko, Stalingrad, Russia, early Feb 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad83.jpg)
![Soviet troops patrolling the ruins of Stalingrad, Russia, 2 Feb 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_stalingrad92.jpg)
3 Feb 1943
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Russia
- 12 He 111 aircraft, with supplies on board, flew over the northern pocket of Stalingrad, Russia before dawn. Of the 11 aircraft that reached the intended drop zone, only 3 dropped some of their cargo, as they found no German activity. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
18 Jun 1954
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Russia
- Karl von Le Suire passed away at a prisoner of war camp in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Karl von Le Suire | Stalingrad | CPC]
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