Soviet troops defeated the German Sixth Army, in what is considered one of the major turning points of World War II.
Romania's Sorana Cirstea earned a clash with former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic after eliminating German sixth seed Angelique Kerber 6-4 6-0.
Some argue that the battle, which raged from the German advance on the city in August 1942 until the surrender of the German Sixth Army in February 1943, was the turning point of World War II.
Every sixth German company it looked at was only just adequately capitalised, says the firm.
For Vettel the German Grand Prix will be the the sixth time in 11 races he has started on pole and the German, who is 24 points behind Hamilton with nine races to go, admitted this pole position had been hard work.
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German Rainer Schuettler , the sixth seed, was also defeated, losing 6-2 7-5 to little-known Frenchman Jean-Rene Lisnard .
Dortmund are unbeaten in nine games and have moved up to sixth in the German standings, just five points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen after 16 rounds.
Simon, who reached the semifinals in Brisbane last year, will play Marcos Baghdatis in the next round after the Cypriot defeated sixth-seeded German Florian Mayer 6-4 6-2.
Rutherford, who has struggled recently with injury and illness, claimed a personal best 8.0m but had to settle for sixth, with German Sebastian Bayer leaping a European record of 8.71m to win gold.
Russia's Maria Kirilenko won her sixth title by edging German fifth seed Sabine Lisicki 5-7 6-1 7-6 (7-1) at the Pattaya Open , having lost in the final of the Thai event last year.
She reached the mark on her second effort and did not make any other attempts until the sixth and final series with German Betty Heidler winning silver ahead of Slovakian Martina Hrasnova.
Meanwhile, women's No.1 Victoria Azarenka claimed her sixth title this season when she beat German Julia Goerges in straight sets in Linz.
Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska eased past Irina-Camelia Begu, while there were also wins for German fifth seed Angelique Kerber and China's sixth seed Li Na .
In the men's race, Briton Stuart Hayes, who is Dillon's partner, was second in the men's race, won by German Maik Petzold, with fellow Britons Tim Don sixth and Andrew Johns 15th.
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Sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro eased past German Benjamin Becker 6-2 6-4 6-2, while French seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battled to a straight-sets win over Japan's Go Soeda.
Today, France's Ligue 1 is fifth, leapfrogged by the rising force that is the German Bundesliga, and fighting off the improved Portuguese league, which is sixth and briefly overtook it last season.
If McDowell is tied for second, Kaymer could afford to finish as low as sixth while third place would only be enough for the Northern Irishman if the German finished outside the top 20.
Paraguay's Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios was another comeback winner against German Greta Arn, amd her 0-6 7-6 7-6 won sets up a clash with sixth seed Alexandra Stevenson.
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