When the German Sixth Army officially surrendered at Stalingrad on February 2, 1943, the battle was declared over, but for ...
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 ...
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, ...
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.