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(2 - 8) Stalingrad

By November 1942, German forces had captured all but a few pockets of what remained of Stalingrad. These small areas on the shores of the Volga were defended at great cost by the Soviet forces under Chuikov.

Vasily Grossman, in the city with the defenders had this to say; ‘There is only one worthy way in which our Red Army can honor the sacred memory of the men who bore the brunt of the enemy's main attack - and that is by an unlimited, liberating offensive. We believe that the hour of this offensive is at hand’.

Those brave defenders in Stalingrad ultimately proved to be the hinge on which the entire fortunes of the war would pivot.