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Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad from the German drive on the city to the German surrender, August 1942 to February 1943
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One issue each morning, starting with the month to Wednesday, September 2, 1942.
- The month to Wednesday, September 2, 1942Germans storm Stalingrad’s outer defences as battle enters seventh dayThe Germans, across the Don, storm Stalingrad’s outer defences as the city burns; Mr Churchill has met Premier Stalin in Moscow; Maikop is lost.
- The month to Friday, October 2, 1942Stalingrad holds with the Germans inside the cityThe Germans are fighting inside Stalingrad, street by street, and the city still holds; Hitler vows to take it, and Mr Willkie, ending his visit to Russia, warns that next summer may be too late.
- The month to Monday, November 2, 1942Stalingrad holds as Berlin claims the great factoriesStalingrad holds and its defenders have gone over to the attack, though Berlin claims the city’s great factories one by one; Premier Stalin tells the Allies their aid has so far been little effective, and winter reaches the front.
- The month to Wednesday, December 2, 1942Russian ring closes on the Germans before StalingradThe German army before Stalingrad is hemmed in between the Volga and the Don as the Russian ring closes on the Don below Kalach; a second Russian offensive is under way on the central front; Hitler has said Germany must hold what it has.
- The month to Saturday, January 2, 1943Stalingrad ring holds as Red Army drives across south RussiaThe ring round the Germans before Stalingrad holds after a drive to break it was beaten at Verkhne Kumsky; the Red Army breaks through on the middle Don and takes Elista, and Hitler promises his army it will march again after the winter.
- The month to Tuesday, February 2, 1943Von Paulus a prisoner as Russians storm last Stalingrad bastionField Marshal von Paulus is a prisoner and the Russians have broken into the last German stronghold in Stalingrad; Berlin speaks of defeat, and the Red Army closes on Rostov and Kursk.
