Soviets encircle 250,000 Axis soldiers near Stalingrad 70 years ago today (1942)


Video: Nov. 22, 1942 (at 34:09)

(Sunday, November 22, 1942, during Operation Uranus, part of the Battle of Stalingrad during Eastern Front of World War II) — Soviet forces linked up at the town of Kalach late today, encircling some 250,000 Axis soldiers (including all of Germany’s 6th Army) east of the Don River.