In 1942, Vasily Chuikov took command of the Soviet 62nd Army as German forces pressed into Stalingrad and threatened to push ...

Stalingrad was more than one of World War II's bloodiest battles. It forced armies to rethink how soldiers fight inside cities, exposing deadly weaknesses in traditional weapons and tactics. This is ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Though Stalingrad carried significant military importance, the psychological importance both leaders placed on the city elevated it to a level of importance above ...

The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it presses its war in ...

IL-2 Sturmovik ruled the World War Two flight-sim roost like few games ever have. Not only did it expose sim audiences to the often-overlooked Eastern Front air war, but it proved to be a gift that ...

Feb. 2 marks 75 years since the end of the bloodiest battle in the history of mankind. It changed the course of WWII and resigned Germany to defeat. How could this happen to the Nazis who boasted one ...

In 1993 the Germans made a movie about the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad—a bloody turning point in the vast, apocalyptic German invasion of the Soviet Union. The film is called, simply, Stalingrad. In ...

From August 1942 to February 1943, Germany and the Axis powers fought Soviet Union forces for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia. What is now known as the Battle of ...