Main content

The battle of Stalingrad

It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city. They had spent a harsh Russian winter fighting from house to house on starvation rations.

It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city. They had spent a harsh Russian winter fighting from house to house on starvation rations. Eventually they were cut off from their supply lines and forced to surrender.

Photo: Red Army troops in Stalingrad, January 1943. Keystone/Getty Images.

Download

Available now

9 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Feb 201303:50GMT
BBC World Service Online

More episodes

Previous

The funeral of Gandhi

Next

The 'flour bomb' rugby tour

See all episodes from Witness History

Broadcasts

  • Fri 1 Feb 201309:50GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Fri 1 Feb 201312:50GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Fri 1 Feb 201320:50GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Fri 1 Feb 201323:50GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sat 2 Feb 201303:50GMT
    BBC World Service Online

Featured in...

Podcast