Yet in the same way that the word Waterloo has come to mean crushing and final defeat, so has Stalingrad become a symbol of incredible savagery and endurance, as the armies of the two greatest totalitarian regimes of the 20th Century fought to the death.

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Fahrer was one of the primary survivors after the war who fought to get the government to carry out the death sentences for Metz and Merz.

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Despite death threats, Mr Masiyiwa fought his way to the highest court and won.

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Mrs Williams fought for 24 years to get an inquest verdict of accidental death for her son overturned.

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