During this battle, one of the hotly contested places was Marmaev Mound.
During this battle, one of the hotly contested places was Marmaev Mound. The situation for the eventual losers became critical when Rokossovski and Yeremenko met at Kalach, and their fate was sealed when the counter-attack of Von Manstein's Army of the Don was halted. The 62nd army under Chuikov held out under protracted siege against the attacks of the von Paulus' German 6th army, which was eventually trapped and forced to surrender. For ten points identify this 1942-43 siege of a Russian town on the Volga, an eventual Axis defeat that comprised major turning point in World War II.
During this battle, one of the hotly contested places was Marmaev Mound.
Battle of {Stalingrad}