Battle of Stalingrad

Stalingrad (formerly called Tsaritsyn) is a city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Soviet Union. It was renamed for for Joseph Stalin in 1925. It became the site of a fierce battle between Soviet forces and the invading German army from 1942 to 1943.

Stalingrad in "Ready for the Fatherland"
The tremendous cost of Stalingrad to the German army eroded the faith of many generals in Adolf Hitler. It was shortly after Stalingrad that Erich von Manstein shot Hitler.

Stalingrad in "Joe Steel
The Battle of Trotskygrad (renamed for Soviet leader Leon Trotsky) convinced U.S. President Joe Steele to step up plans for an invasion of German-occupied France, for fear that the Soviet Union would occupy Europe.