!!!Stalingrad

Stalingrad, Battle of, marked a turning point in the course of the 
Second  World War. The German troops, who had advanced as far as River 
Volga on August 23, 1942 and had conquered large parts of the town 
were encircled on November 22, 1942 by a Soviet counteroffensive. What 
was left of the Sixth Army, which comprised 250,000 soldiers, 140,000 
of whom had fallen, capitulated on January 31, 1943. Only 6,000 of the 
total of around 110,000 prisoners of war returned home after 1945. 
There were many Austrians among the victims (44%%sup th/%  Infantry 
Division "Hoch- und Deutschmeister"), but exact figures are 
not available.

!Literature
M. Kehrig, Stalingrad, Analyse und Dokumentation einer 
Schlacht, %%sup 3/%1979; S. Karner, Im Archipel GUPVI, 
Kriegsgefangenschaft und Internierung in der Sowjetunion 1941-56, 
1995.


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