The city of Stalingrad, which was renamed Volgograd in 1961, will regain its wartime name for the event, following a council decision. Around one million people are thought to have died in the battle, as Soviet troops defeated the Germans. It is considered one of the major turning points of World War II. The German attack on Stalingrad began on 19 August 1942. Stalingrad was a strategically important city in their campaign to occupy the south of Russia and take control of the Caucasus oilfields. After six months of ferocious fighting, Soviets troops eventually smashed the German siege. It is one of the bloodiest battles in modern history. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21303886
I have to mark next: The Soviet soldiers didn't fight against German soldiers, they fought against the Axis. I mean on east front.
