Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, it was the largest (nearly 2.2 million personnel) and bloodiest (1.8–2 million killed, wounded or captured) battle in the history of warfare. After their defeat at Stalingrad, the German High Command had to withdraw vast military forces from the Western Front to
Stalingrad (Paris Métro) Stalingrad (Paris Métro) Stalingrad is a Paris Métro station on the border between the 10th arrondissement and the 19th arrondissement at the intersection of lines 2, 5, and 7, located at the "Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad", which is named for the Battle of Stalingrad. The Line 2 station opened as "Rue d'Aubervilliers", named after a nearby street, on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers to "Bagnolet" (now called Alexandre Dumas). On 5 November 1910, a separate underground station was opened as part of the first section of line 7 between "Opéra" and Porte