Stalingrad: The Battle that Shattered Hitler's Dream of World Domination

The bitter Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern Front was the turning point of World War II. The relentless and unstoppable German advances that had seen the panzers sweep hundreds of miles into Russia was finally brought to a halt. The elite German Sixth Army was first fought to a standstill, then surrounded and forced to surrender.

Over one and a half million people lost their lives during the six months of fighting, many of them civilians caught up in the campaign. For the first time in th...