November 19, 1942; Operation Uranus: An Soviet Offensive against the German army in Stalingrad (THIS DAY IN HISTORY)
ZONA PERANG (zonaperang.com) – On this day in 1942, the Soviets unleash an offensive against the German army in Stalingrad. Operation Uranus, which involves 1.1 million troops, 800 tanks and 13,000 guns, results in the total encirclement of all Axis forces inside the city. Of the German 6th Army, 300.000 men, only 5000 returned to…