The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its allies (Italy, Romania, Hungary) and the Soviet Union for the Soviet city of Stalingrad (today known as Volgograd) that took place between July 17, 1942 and February 2, 1943 as part of World War II. It is often considered the turning point of World War II in the European Theater and was arguably the bloodiest battle in human history, with combined casualties estimated above 1.5 million. The battle was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of Stalingrad, the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces around the city.
It has been the 65th anniversary since the battle took place three days ago, here is the gallery dedicated to all of those who participated and in many cases gave up their lives defending and fighting for Stalingrad building by building, this is as real as it gets… (I didn’t include pictures of hundreds of fallen soldiers on the streets of Stalingrad on purpose, i hope you understand why)
Young Russian soldier is writing a letter home, let’s hope he survived…
Russian female soldiers before the battle…
Attack has begun…
Soviet Artillery shooting at German positions…
Russian captain calling soldiers to start the attack…
Soviet Infantry is going into combat…
Russian soldier shooting from a window with an anti-tank armor penetrating gun…
Germans shooting at Russian positions…
German diving bombers (Ju-52 Stuka) are going for their targets…
Germans Heinkels He-111 are dropping their bombs…
Germans bombing Russian docks…
After bombs have fallen…
Russian pilots preparing for their mission…
Soviet Union Petlyakov Pe-2 (Peshka) going for their bomb run…
Russian soldier celebrates as the control over the hill has been taken away from the Germans…
Victory…
Stalingrad before WWII…
Stalingrad after the battle was over…
February 29th, 2008 at 7:46 am
its good
March 7th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I obtain much from these pictures.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
the last two photos i think are the best, it really shows the reality of what happened.
its like the before and after photos of Hiroshima, which seem to both suffered the same amount of damage.
October 5th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Congratulations, I realy think that the Russians whon the war for us.