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🏔️ Eastern Front
The Last Stand of Pavlov's House
During the Battle of Stalingrad, a Soviet platoon led by Sergeant Yakov Pavlov fortified a four-story apartment building that became known as Pavlov's House. The building wasn't strategically important — it just happened...