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Running Into the Fight in Stalingrad

Running Into the Fight in Stalingrad

A Russian trenchmortar crew runs to a new firing position outside Stalingrad in 1942. If Hitler had taken the Soviet leader's namesake city, World War II might have had a vastly different outcome. Stalin knew this, and threw everything the Soviet Union had, including literally millions of soldiers, at the invading forces.

Photo: Keystone/Getty Images

Oct 01, 1942
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