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The 62nd Army's Last 67 Men
At the conclusion of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet 62nd Army — which had held the city against impossible odds — was reduced to 67 surviving officers and 239 soldiers. General Chuikov, the army commander, was evac...
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...
The Siege of Leningrad: Surviving on Wallpaper Paste
The Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944) lasted 872 days — the longest siege in modern history. What made it uniquely horrific: in the winter of 1941-42, when food rations dropped to 125 grams of bread per day (made of sawdust...