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{{Military conflict
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| conflict =Battle of Stalingrad
| partof =[[Second World War]]
| date =23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943
| location =[[Stalingrad]] (now [[Volgograd]], [[Russia]])
| combatant1 =[[Nazi Germany]]<br/>[[Romania]]<br/>[[Italy]]<br/>[[Hungary]]<br/>[[Croatia]]
| combatant2 =[[Soviet Union]]
| commander1 =[[Adolf Hitler]]<br/>[[Friedrich Paulus]]<br/>[[Erich von Manstein]]<br/>[[Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen]]<br/>[[Petre Dumitrescu]]
| commander2 =[[Georgy Zhukov]]<br/>[[Nikolay Voronov]]<br/>[[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]]<br/>[[Andrey Yeryomenko]]<br/>[[Nikita Khrushchev]]<br/>[[Konstantin Rokossovsky]]<br/>[[Nikolai Vatutin]]
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The '''Battle of Stalingrad''' (21 August 1942 - 2 February 1943) was a battle between [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] for the Soviet city of Stalingrad (now [[Volgograd]]). The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle in human history, with over 1.4 million dead soldiers, and 40,000 civilian dead.<ref>Craig, William. ''Enemy at the Gates''. New York: Penguin Books, 1973.</ref>
The '''Battle of Stalingrad''' (21 August 1942 - 2 February 1943) was a battle between [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] for the Soviet city of Stalingrad (now [[Volgograd]]). The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle in human history, with over 1.4 million dead soldiers, and 40,000 civilian dead.<ref>Craig, William. ''Enemy at the Gates''. New York: Penguin Books, 1973.</ref>