During the battle of Stalingrad, a railway station changed from Soviet to German control 14 times in 6 hours!

During the battle of Stalingrad, a railway station changed from Soviet to German control 14 times in 6 hours!

The Battle of Stalingrad was the major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the southwestern Soviet Union.

Marked by constant close quarters combat and disregard for military and civilian casualties, it is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare.

By the evening of the first day, the Soviet 62nd Army had been reduced to 90 tanks, 700 mortars and just 20,000 personnel. The remaining tanks were used as immobile strongpoints within the city. The initial German attack attempted to take the city in a rush.

The 13th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Army), assigned at Railway Station No. 1 suffered particularly heavy losses.

Over 30 percent of it's soldiers were killed in the first 24 hours, and just 320 out of the original 10,000 survived the entire battle. The objective was taken, but only temporarily.

The railway station changed hands 14 times in six hours. By the following evening, the 13th Guards Rifle Division had ceased to exist.

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