23 August 1942 · Eurasia · Asia · Europe
Battle of Stalingrad
From 1942 into 1943, German and Soviet armies fought through the industrial city of Stalingrad on the Volga. The street fighting and the encirclement of the German Sixth Army are among the largest urban actions of the Second World War.
Commanders
- Georgy Zhukov · General
- Date
- 23 August 1942
- Place
- Volgograd · Russia
- Region
- Eurasia · Asia · Europe