Stalingrad begins
August 23, 1942
German Sixth Army reached the Volga at Stalingrad and began fighting street by street for a city Hitler had decided must fall because it bore Stalin's name. Five months later, after the bloodiest urban battle in history, ninety thousand frozen survivors surrendered. A German field marshal had become a Soviet prisoner.
In context
Also in 1942 (4 other events on record)
- Wannsee Conference plans the Holocaust · Europe · Politics
- Midway turns the Pacific war · Oceania · War
- Japanese internment in America · North America · Politics
- Bataan Death March · Southeast Asia · War
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in War
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.