7. 1943: A serpentine line stretches to the far horizon as German soldiers routed from their last forts in the vicinity of Stalingrad, are marched to prison camps. The stone blocks mark fortifications that had been blasted by Russian artillery.
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 January 22nd, 1943: Red Army reinforcements arrive in Stalingrad during World War II to recapture the city from the German 6th Army. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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 October 1942: Worried Nazi soldiers in a ‘tight’ corner in Stalingrad, under continuous attack by Soviet troops. Nazi strong points in Stalingrad were being captured daily, with Nazi toops being rounded up and cut off from their main units. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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 January 17th, 1943: The streets of Stalingrad with apparently no buildings left standing after the devastating Russian attack on the encamped German army. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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 November 26th, 1942: Armed with light machine guns, Soviet troops attack the German forces in the vicinity of the Red October plant in Stalingrad. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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 1942: Soldiers face an explosion in the thick of the battle for Stalingrad. One soldier has been hit by a sniper. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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 September 1942: Women, children and old men cluster on the outskirts of Stalingrad. They have been forced to move outside the city to escape the relentless shelling by the Nazis. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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 1943: A serpentine line stretches to the far horizon as German soldiers routed from their last forts in the vicinity of Stalingrad, are marched to prison camps. The stone blocks mark fortifications that had been blasted by Russian artillery. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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 November 12th 1942: German storm artillery offers ‘rolling’ cover to the infantry, as they enter the ruined suburbs of Stalingrad – the devastation being the result of the heavy aerial bombardment of the days and nights preceding the ground attack. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
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