Stalingrad’s most celebrated hero ... Zaitsev’s memoir is a pungent, earthy account of the reality of close-quarter combat, which emphasises the cunning and endurance of men existing on ...

On July 17, 1942, the battle of Stalingrad began. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians by air raids, it is often regarded as one of the largest and bloodiest ...

The Battle of Stalingrad was a veritable meat-grinder ... others engaged in close-quarter combat for every building and street. In combination, they dealt a fatal blow to the most powerful German ...

One Russian soldier, Suren Mirzoyan, later recalled his determination in lethal close combat with the German ... Every step in Stalingrad meant death. Death was in our pockets.

On Saturday it will officially open a memorial wall on Mamayev Kurgan - a fiercely disputed vantage point during the close-quarters ... gunner who died in combat in Stalingrad in October 1942 ...

The Battle of Stalingrad, with its five months of fierce ... The Germans' push to take the city resulted in some of the most intense urban combat in history, according to West Point's Modern ...

Intense, close-range firefights are a ... featuring "some of the most high-intensity urban combat in history." "Buildings and floors within Stalingrad changed hands dozens of times, and sometimes ...