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Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly Stalingrad, city (1989 pop. 999,000), capital of Volgograd region, SE European Russia, a port on the Volga River and the eastern terminus of the Volga-Don Canal. As a transshipment point, the port handles oil, coal, ore, lumber, and fish. Volgograd is also a major rail cente... Read more
Fedor von Bock
Fedor von Bock , 1880-1945, German field marshal. During World War II he led German armies in Poland, the Low Countries, France, and Russia. In 1941 he failed to take Moscow and was relieved of his command. In 1942 he commanded the army against Stalingrad (now Volgograd) but was removed by Adolf Hit... Read more
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky , 1898-1967, Soviet marshal, b. Ukraine. He joined the Communist party in 1926. In World War II Malinovsky commanded an army in the Stalingrad (later Volgograd) offensive and later in Ukraine. He became (1956) a member of the central committee of the Communist party and... Read more
Friedrich Paulus
Friedrich Paulus , 1890-1957, German field marshal. He commanded the army at the siege of Stalingrad and was raised to marshal's rank several hours before his surrender (Jan., 1943) to the Russians. In captivity he joined the Russian-sponsored National Committee for a Free Germany and appealed to th... Read more
Don
Don , river, SW European Russia. It rises SE of Tula and flows c.1,200 mi (1,930 km), first SE past Voronezh, then SW into the Sea of Azov. At its eastern bend the Don is linked by a canal (c.65 mi/105 m long), with the Volga River near Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). The annual flood of the river ... Read more
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konstantin Rokossovsky , 1896-1968, Soviet general, b. Warsaw. He entered the czarist army and in 1917 joined the Bolshevik forces in the Russian Revolution. Purged in 1937, he was rehabilitated in 1940. In World War II he distinguished himself at Moscow, Stalingrad (later Volgograd), and Kursk and ... Read more
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov , 1896-1974, Soviet marshal. He fought in the October Revolution (1917) and in the civil war (1918-20), which brought the Bolsheviks to power, and saw action against the Japanese on the Manchurian border (1938-39) and in the Finnish-Russian War. Promoted to full general... Read more
Vasily Semenovich Grossman
Vasily Semenovich Grossman 1905-64, Russian novelist and journalist, b. Berdichev, Ukraine. He graduated (1929) from Moscow State Univ., published novels and short stories, and became a noted Russian war correspondent during World War II. Although he began objecting to Stalin's support of anti-Semi... Read more
World War II
World War II 1939-45, worldwide conflict involving every major power in the world. The two sides were generally known as the Allies and the Axis . Causes and Outbreak This second global conflict resulted from the rise of totalitarian, militaristic regimes in Germany, Italy, and Japan, a ... Read more
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler , 1889-1945, founder and leader of National Socialism (Nazism), and German dictator, b. Braunau in Upper Austria. Early Life The son of Alois Hitler (1837-1903), an Austrian customs official, Adolf Hitler dropped out of high school, and after his mother's death in 1907 moved... Read more

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Stalingrad, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History STALINGRAD, BATTLE OF The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 – February 2,1943...Vasilevsky, to encircle and destroy Axis forces at Stalingrad. The offensive phase of the battle commenced on November 19, 1942, when the forces...
Stalingrad, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Stalingrad, battle of. This was the turning-point of...Sixth Army had the mission of taking Stalingrad and, together with General Hermann...whose Sixty-Second Army was in Stalingrad, began receiving heavy reinforcement...
El Alamein, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History El Alamein, battle of, 1942. Fought in Egypt...could not fight a mobile battle to balance Montgomery...Attrition dominated the battle and British inferiority...victory of the Red Army at Stalingrad, Alamein came to seem the...
Kharkov, battles of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Kharkov, battles of. The fifth largest Soviet city and...distinction of having been the object of five battles and changing hands four times during...February 1943, late in the Soviet post- Stalingrad offensive, two armies belonging to...tanks, and aircraft assembled for the battle, enabled 14 Soviet ...
Volgograd
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...20. The city was renamed Stalingrad in 1925, then Volgograd in...was nearly destroyed in a battle that marked a major turning...began an all-out attack on Stalingrad, which was defended by 16...reaffirmed his intention to take Stalingrad, despite great losses and...
War Economy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...without the stunning victory over the German army at Stalingrad at the end of 1942. This enabled a return to economic...peacetime. See also: collectivization of agriculture; stalingrad, battle of; stalin, josef vissarionovich; world war i...
Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...offensives to weaken the German advance toward Stalingrad and, in November-December 1942, led...failed companion piece to the Red Army's Stalingrad counteroffensive (Operation Uranus...Poland and the victorious but costly Battle of Berlin. After commanding the Group...
Tolbukhin, Marshal Fedor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...commandant of a rear area command, the Stalingrad military district, when the fighting...doorstep. He then commanded an army at Stalingrad and in the Soviet counter-offensive...participating in the nearly four-month battle for Budapest , his armies beat off a...
Rokossovsky, Marshal Konstantin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...the Volga and Don rivers north of Stalingrad . In January 1943 he conducted the terminal operation against the Stalingrad pocket and received the German surrender...the Kursk salient until after the battle in July. In August, Rokossovsky...
Vasilevsky, Alexander Mikhailovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...architects (and participants) of the 1943 Stalingrad offensive. He coordinated actions of several fronts in the Battle of Kursk and the Belorussian and Eastern...bibliography Beevor, Antony. (1999). Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942 –...

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Stalingrad, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Stalingrad, Battle of a long and bitterly fought battle...the Soviet Union was turned back at Stalingrad (now Volgograd, until 1925 Tsaritsyn...than 300,000 casualties. Sword of Stalingrad given by Britain to the Soviet people...
Battle
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Class. Hist.: Harbottle Battles , 219] Samarkand Arabs...Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles , 237 – 238] Sedan decisive battle of the Franco-German...Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles , 225] Stalingrad unsuccessful German assault...
Kursk, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Kursk, Battle of (World War II) (5–15...8 February 1943, following victory at Stalingrad . In June Hitler ordered the elimination...The Soviet victory in this largest tank battle in history ensured that the German army...
World War II
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...aerial campaign known as the Battle of Britain in the summer and...Commonwealth forces in a see-saw battle in the Western Desert. The...Soviet resistance stiffened at Stalingrad on the Volga. The war in the...German Sixth Army surrendered at Stalingrad (February 1–2...
Eastern Front Campaigns
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...German offensive was launched towards STALINGRAD and the oil-fields of the Caucasus...began in December 1942, the relief of Stalingrad following in February 1943. The surrender...recaptured Kharkov, but lost the massive Battle of Kursk in July. The Red Army now resumed...
Defeat
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Harbottle Battles , 39] Battle of the Bulge final, futile...Br. Hist.: Harbottle Battles , 70] Dien Bien Phu Vietminh...poorly conceived and conducted battle ending in British disaster...Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles , 225] Stalingrad German army succumbs to massive...
Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...took a leading part in the defence of Moscow, as well as the decisive siege of Stalingrad . He took part in the Battle of Kursk and in August 1944 he won a major battle at Bobruisk in the Ukraine, utterly defeating the German 9th Army. He then...
Khachaturian, Aram (Ilyich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...3 Marches (1929–34); sonatina in C (1958); sonata (1961).INCIDENTAL MUSIC: Macbeth (1934, 1955); King Lear (1958).FILMS: Lenin (1948–9); Battle of Stalingrad (1949); Othello (1955).
bombing offensives
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...destroyed by fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of BRITAIN . A German night-bombing offensive on civilian...the army, attacking besieged cities, such as Leningrad and Stalingrad. Pilotless flying bombs (V1s) and rocket missiles (V2s...
Romania
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...belligerent from 22 June 1941, following Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union. It lost many of its troops in the Battle of Stalingrad . In the face of imminent defeat, on 23 August 1944 Antonescu was deposed, and war was declared on Germany the...

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Ahead of 60th anniversary of Battle of Stalingrad, some argue for return to the city's Soviet-era name
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/30/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad, many veterans say one thing...For me, it will always be Stalingrad, said Fyodor Kovalich, an 80...lives. The whole world knows Stalingrad and the events that happened...
Russians Mark Battle of Stalingrad
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/2/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, a blood-drenched World War...downtown Volgograd _ formerly Stalingrad _ before watching a parade of...president attended with three Stalingrad survivors whose numbers are fast...
Veterans, officials, ambassadors mark Battle of Stalingrad anniversary
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/2/2003; ; 624 words ; ...mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, a blood-drenched turning...downtown Volgograd _ formerly Stalingrad _ before watching a parade of...thousands of German soldiers died at Stalingrad or in prison camps afterward...
Why the camera always lies Hollywood's latest war epic is about the battle of Stalingrad. Antony Beevor, the author of a best- seller about the battle, argues that once again historical truth has taken second place to cinematic priorities
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/4/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...This can create realistic battle footage unimaginable a decade...the events of the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-3, raises such...when the Soviet 62nd Army in Stalingrad was being forced back to the...most famous Soviet sniper at Stalingrad was Vassili Zaitsev, played...
Religious procession mourns victims of Battle of Stalingrad ahead of anniversary commemorations
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/1/2003; ; 476 words ; ...to honor those killed in the Battle of Stalingrad, a day ahead of 60th anniversary...buried. The 1942-43 Battle of Stalingrad marked a turning-point in World...thousands of German soldiers died at Stalingrad or in prison camps afterward...
Editorial: Tularemia, biological warfare, and the Battle for Stalingrad (1942-1943)
Magazine article from: Military Medicine; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...biological weapon during the battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943). Based on past...World War II was the siege of Stalingrad, which involved at least two...however, a natural outbreak at Stalingrad seems more likely. In his 1999...
Backgrounder: Battle of Stalingrad in Great Patriotic War
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/7/2005; 550 words ; ...Backgrounder: Battle of Stalingrad in Great Patriotic War MOSCOW...Patriotic War on Monday. The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the great battles of the war against Nazi...Adolf Hitler, who wanted Stalingrad, now called Volgograd...
The history man The battle of Stalingrad recreated by puppets? MICHAEL CHURCH meets Rezo Gabriadze, who has brought his tragi-comic spectacle to London
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/6/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...brought to London is entitled The Battle of Stalingrad. He had been invited to Moscow...going to stage the Battle of Stalingrad. A week later, I suddenly remembered...about the subject, and visiting Stalingrad. Meanwhile, he drew on memories...
BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD REENACTMENT AND EXHIBIT AT FORT HARRISON STATE PARK, MARCH 6-8
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/18/2009; 408 words ; ...Fort Harrison State Park hosts a Battle for Stalingrad re-enactment and exhibit, March...enactment of the February 1943 battle will take place on Saturday...both groups of re-enactors. A Stalingrad exhibit will be open March 7...
`ENEMY' SQUANDERS EPIC SETTING BLAND SCRIPT TAMES BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/16/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...The film's evocation of the Battle of Stalingrad has epic size and eyeball-grabbing...Russians stopped the Germans at Stalingrad. The film would have us believe...shooters dead. Annaud's shattered Stalingrad, littered with bodies, was...