World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> forces under General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Georgy Zhukov">Georgy Zhukov</a> launch the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Uranus" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Uranus">Operation Uranus</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterattack" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Counterattack">counterattacks</a> at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalingrad" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stalingrad">Stalingrad</a>, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.