Today in Volgograd History
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Historical Events
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1918-10-18 - Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad)
1925-04-10 - Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
1942-07-23 - Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad
1942-08-04 - Col-gen Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad/welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev
1942-08-19 - Gen Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad
1942-08-23 - Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die)
1942-09-02 - German troops enter Stalingrad
1942-09-13 - German forces attack Stalingrad
1942-09-14 - German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1
1942-09-23 - Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad
1942-09-27 - Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
1942-09-28 - Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
1942-10-04 - German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad
1942-10-07 - 1 salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys nazi battalion in Stalingrad
1942-10-23 - German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad
1942-11-08 - Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall
1942-11-11 - -12] last German offensive in Stalingrad
1942-11-23 - German 4th & 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad
1942-12-12 - German offensive in South Western Stalingrad
1942-12-25 - Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad
1943-01-10 - Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad
1943-01-16 - Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad
1943-01-21 - Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
1943-01-24 - Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death
1943-01-31 - Gen Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad
1943-02-02 - Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army
1943-02-02 - German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II
1961-11-11 - Stalingrad renamed Volgograd
Famous Birthdays
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1892-02-17 - Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)
1896-12-02 - Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11]
1911-06-04 - Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukrainian author (Vokopach Stalingrada)
Famous Deaths
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1957-02-01 - Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66
1987-09-03 - Vokopach Stalingrada/Kira Georgijevna, dies at 76
