Soviet forces under Marshal Georgy Zhukov won a fierce battle for the city of Stalingrad -- now Volgograd.
VOA: special.2011.06.09
Unidentified Man: The triumphant conclusion of the BattleofStalingrad, with the capture of eight more German generals and 45, 000 other prisoners in the past two days, has overshadowed the rest of the news from Russia.