FILES-SOVIET UNION-WORLD WAR II-STALINGRAD

FILES-SOVIET UNION-WORLD WAR II-STALINGRAD

This file photo taken between September 1942 and February 1943 shows German soldiers during the battle of Stalingrad. (AFP)

(FILES) This file photo taken between September 1942 and February 1943 shows German soldiers during the battle of Stalingrad. – On February 2, 1943, the five-month Battle of Stalingrad ends with Soviet victory over the Nazis. It is the first Nazi surrender in Europe since the war began, and costs the German army half a million men. (Photo by – / AFP)

This file photo taken between September 1942 and February 1943 shows German soldiers during the battle of Stalingrad. (AFP)