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.

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Soviet troops defeated the German Sixth Army, in what is considered one of the major turning points of World War II.

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The original Maginot Line failed during World War II because the German Army went around it, through Belgium, and soon ended up in Paris.

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