The SECRET Plan That Trapped 300 000 Nazis

This episode of Soviet Battles details the monumental turning point at Stalingrad in late 1942. Under the code name Operation Uranus, the Red Army launched a massive counter-strike involving over one million soldiers to encircle the German 6th Army. Despite the brutal conditions and a failed Nazi airlift, General von Paulus was forced to surrender in January 1943. This victory resulted in the loss of a quarter of the enemy's strength on the Eastern Front and shifted the initiative entirely to the Soviet Union. The narrative concludes with the heroic resilience of the survivors as they began the long, symbolic reconstruction of their ruined city.