In the last months of 1942, only a few yards of bitterly contested ground stood between Hitler and the prize which he valued above all others - Stalingrad. The fighting for Stalingrad was intense, ...

Surrender wasn’t the end—it was the beginning of something worse. For the survivors of Stalingrad, captivity meant a brutal new reality: frostbitten death marches, disease-ridden camps, and hunger ...

The Germans in Stalingrad surrender. Survivors describe the massive death toll among the prisoners before they are finally returned home years after the war's end.