The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted five months and is reckoned to have claimed more lives than any other single conflict of the Second World War.
Finally, Hitler's troops surrendered. It was to prove a crucial moment in the Nazis' defeat.
Every year, at the beginning of February, the anniversary of the Red Army's victory is marked by the Russians. They remember the sacrifice of the 1.3 million soldiers who gave their lives to defend the city, now renamed Volgograd.
This year the Russian defence minister Marshal Igor Sergeyev placed a wreath and flowers at the Unknown Soldier's Tomb at the Kremlin wall. And in Volgograd itself thousands gathered to pay their respects to those who died defending the city from the Nazis.
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted five months and is reckoned to have claimed more lives than any other single conflict of the Second World War.
Finally, Hitler's troops surrendered. It was to prove a crucial moment in the Nazis' defeat.
Every year, at the beginning of February, the anniversary of the Red Army's victory is marked by the Russians. They remember the sacrifice of the 1.3 million soldiers who gave their lives to defend the city, now renamed Volgograd.
This year the Russian defence minister Marshal Igor Sergeyev placed a wreath and flowers at the Unknown Soldier's Tomb at the Kremlin wall. And in Volgograd itself thousands gathered to pay their respects to those who died defending the city from the Nazis.