World War II - Operation Uranus
Time: Thursday Nov 19, 1942
Place: Stalingrad, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Volgograd, Russia)
Details: The Soviets began their second winter counter-offensive, starting with a successful encirclement of German forces at Stalingrad, the operation lasted from 19 to 23 November 1942.
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