German radio announces defeat at Stalingrad 70 years ago today (1943)


Video: Feb. 3, 1943 (at 52:30)

(Wednesday, February 3, 1943; a day after the Battle of Stalingrad ended on the Eastern Front of World War II) — German radio announced today that Stalingrad had fallen to the Soviets; the 6th Army had fought courageously but had succumbed to vastly superior enemy forces and to unfavorable circumstances.


Video: Feb. 3, 1943 (at 0:30)