What You Need To Know About The Battle Of Stalingrad
World War 2: Battle Of Stalingrad. What you need to know - Germany and allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
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Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the <anchor>Second World War</anchor>. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
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# Second World War

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![The Supreme Command of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944](https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/20/452/large_000000.jpg)

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### [Why D-Day Was So Important to _Allied Victory_](/history/why-d-day-was-so-important-to-allied-victory)

The invasion of northern France in 1944 was the most significant victory of the Western Allies in the Second World War. The German Army suffered a catastrophe greater than that of Stalingrad, the defeat in North Africa or even the massive Soviet summer offensive of 1944.

![Wing Commander Guy Gibson with members of his crew, July 1943.](https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/20/396/large_000000.jpg)

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### [The Incredible Story Of _The Dambusters Raid_](/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid)

On the night of 16-17 May 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force on an audacious bombing raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The mission was codenamed Operation 'Chastise'.

![Women and men queuing outside Wood Green in 1945](https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/38/184/large_000000.jpg)

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### [What You Need To Know About _Rationing In The Second World War_](/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-rationing-in-the-second-world-war)

In January 1940, the British government introduced food rationing. The scheme was designed to ensure fair shares for all at a time of national shortage.

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