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
My Name Is Pecos My Name Is Pecos Due once di piombo (internationally released as My Name Is Pecos, also known as "Il mio nome è Pecos") is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Maurizio Lucidi. The film represents the first successful chapter in the ""Pecos"" film series starred by Robert Woods. It was followed by "Pecos Cleans Up". John Madoc witnessed as a child how Joe Kline had John's family wiped out. By now John is a grown man who's out for revenge but Joe Kline has a whole city under his sway. All too soon John is made and Kline's