Stalingrad...continued from sunday.
The German defeat here was the first major Soviet victory of the 1939-'45 war. After Stalingrad the Nazis never regained the initiative on the Eastern Front; the tide finally began to turn against Hitler and his attempt to dominate the whole of Europe.
The site of this famous Soviet victory is now marked by a gigantic statue of Mother Russia, which at 52 metres is just taller than Nelson's column in London. But 55 years ago Stalingrad was almost completely reduced to rubble.
The German defeat here was the first major Soviet victory of the 1939-'45 war. After Stalingrad the Nazis never regained the initiative on the Eastern Front; the tide finally began to turn against Hitler and his attempt to dominate the whole of Europe.
The site of this famous Soviet victory is now marked by a gigantic statue of Mother Russia, which at 52 metres is just taller than Nelson's column in London. But 55 years ago Stalingrad was almost completely reduced to rubble.
voltaire:
what's up dude?