The Battle of Stalingrad

In the winter of 1942, the city of Stalingrad became hell

on Earth. Two million men would fight here and most would never leave.

Hitler wanted Stalingrad, a symbol, a name that defied him. He sent his

6th Army to crush the Soviets and seize the city. But the Soviets

refused to give up. Every building, every room, every staircase became

a battlefield. Not one step back, Stalin ordered. Then came the

trap, Operation Uranus. The Red Army surrounded the Germans, cutting off supplies

and escape. Starving, freezing, broken, in February 1943,