On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

BERLIN (AP) — Joseph Vilsmaier, a German filmmaker whose striking portrayal of the Battle of Stalingrad brought home the horrors of war to a new generation, has died. He was 81. His agent confirmed ...

A German officer captured after the fall of Stalingrad gave a candid account during Soviet interrogation of what was happening inside the Wehrmacht. He described the collapse of confidence in Hitler, ...

German filmmaker Joseph Vilsmaier, director of 'Stalingrad,' 'The Harmonists,' 'Marlene' and 'Autumn Milk,' has died at the age of 81. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Vilsmaier’s agent on ...

After the surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet intelligence interrogated captured German soldiers and officers, recording their unfiltered testimony. These accounts describe the slow collapse of hope, the ...

The Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942-February 2, 1943) was one of the most brutal and bloody battles of World War II. Germany's disastrously ill-fated attack on the Russian city is widely ...

MOSCOW — It began in the blazing heat and choking dust of the southern Russian summer, as hundreds of thousands of cocky German soldiers smashed their way into Stalingrad, intent on making that great ...

Echoes of Stalingrad in Ukraine President Putin has endlessly alleged that one reason for the war against Ukraine is to ensure what he calls the “de-Nazification” of the Kiev government, which equates ...

Since July 2012, the world has watched in horror as the once-beautiful and vibrant Syrian city of Aleppo has been transformed into a perpetual battlefield. Those killed in Aleppo, as well as ...

Knorring/RIA Novosti Early in the morning of November 19, 1942, thousands of Soviet cannons shelled the positions of the Nazis, and the Soviet army started a decisive attack. Zelma/RIA Novosti Several ...

Joseph Vilsmaier, a German director and cinematographer behind the acclaimed 1993 World War II drama “Stalingrad,” died on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. He was 81. His agent confirmed to ...