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13 Battlefields That Changed the Course of History
The legacy of the battle itself was harnessed, some months later, by President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address into a testament to liberty and equality. The Battle of Stalingrad during World War II ...
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Remembering the War
Stalingrad Vasily Grossman's dark and honest ... 1914: Day by Day Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914. Legacy of War How wartime experiences have informed the dynamics ...
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‘We did not bury dead bodies in the winter in Stalingrad. Corpses were piled up. There was no place to bury them.’
In 1942 Rokhlina became trapped in the besieged city of Stalingrad. The battle raged for more than six months, reducing the city to ruins and decimating its population. Winter temperatures ...
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Putin set to visit Volgograd to mark 80th anniversary of Stalingrad victory
TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to the Russian city of Volgograd on February 2 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Kremlin rebuffs rumors of Volgograd being renamed Stalingrad after Putin’s visit
Volgograd’s World War 2 veterans came up with a similar initiative on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi-led forces in the Battle of Stalingrad. In response to their ...