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 Days of Infamy
During a meeting with Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, regarding the increase of British activities in the Indian Ocean, Lt. Saburo Shindo thought about the German disaster at Stalingrad, wishing it had gone better for the Wehrmacht since it hadn't caused the downfall of the Soveit Union. But he had to come to grips with the reality that the quick German victory on which Japan had pinned som many of it's hopes was nothing but a pipe dream.

Stalingrad in The Man With the Iron Heart
Germany's defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943 convinced Reinhard Heydrich that the country should prepare and train a force to resist the Allies should they invade the country.

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.

Stalingrad in Southern Victory
Tsaritsyn was where the socialists made their last stand there before being crushed by the counterrevolutionary forces of Tsar Mikhail II.

Stalingrad in The Disunited States of America
Tsaritsyn was an intense and bloody battle during the War of the Three Emperors that leveled the whole city.