Feb. 2 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of one of World War II’s most decisive and utterly destructive battles, the five-months of slaughter in the Russian city then called Stalingrad. In 2012, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend a laying ceremony at the monument to Motherland during ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad in the southern Russian ...

MOSCOW — It began in the blazing heat and choking dust of the southern Russian summer, as hundreds of thousands of cocky German soldiers smashed their way into Stalingrad, intent on making that great ...

Several movies have been made about the crucial 1942 World War II battle of Stalingrad, including the international coproduction “Enemy at the Gates” (2001) and the German “Stalingrad” (1993). This is ...

The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it presses its war in ...

In the four-month battle between Germany and the Soviet Red Army for Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the summer and winter of 1942-43, an estimated 1 million people died on both sides. It was a titanic, ...

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin is attending commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the battle of Stalingrad. Putin on Friday visited Volgograd, the current name of the ...