Operation Uranus was a Soviet strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis forces in the vicinity of Stalingrad: the German Sixth Army, the Third and
General Friedrich Paulus, commander of the German Sixth Army
Panzer III in the southern Soviet Union, December 1942
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its Axis allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southern Rus
Operation Uranus
…Romanian armies, and portions of the German Fourth Panzer Army. The Red Army carried out the operation at roughly the midpoint of the five-month long Battle of Stalingrad, aiming to destroy German forces in and around Stalingrad. Planning for Operation Uranus had commenced in September 1942, and developed simultaneously…
Расчет советской 76,2 мм пушки ЗиС 3 ведет огонь в Сталинграде. Ноябрь 1942 г
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R90142, Russland, Kesselschlacht Stalingrad
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 E0406 0022 001, Russland, Kesselschlacht Stalingrad