Title
World War II - Battle of Stalingrad
Caption
The destroyed tractor factory of Stalingrad. The 6th German army with roughly 280,000 soldiers under General Friedrich Paulus, which had pushed forward to Stalingrad at the end of August in 1942, were encircled by the Soviet army in November 1942. Although Hitler forbade to capitulate, Paulus capitulated on the 31st of January in 1943. Roughly 146,000 soldiers died, 90,000 came into captivity during the battle of Stalingrad, which was one of the most decisive ones.
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Verwendung weltweit, usage worldwide
Date
Nov 30, 1942
Credit line
Photo12/dpa-pa
Reference
DPA11A02_017
License type
Rights managed
Available size
18,5Mb (740,9Kb) / 10,3in x 7,0in / 3080 x 2096 (300dpi)