Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Battle of Stalingrad" in English language version.
Epic in scope and meaning, this bloody conflict endured for 199 days, beginning in July 1942 and ending in February 1943.
Perhaps these losses are underestimated, but in any case they are huge.
It is likely that the figure of more than 2 million Soviet servicemen killed and missing during the Battle of Stalingrad, between July 17, 1942 and February 2, 1943, is closer to the truth than the official figures, which we have found to be generally underestimated irrecoverable losses approximately tripled.
Seventy-five years ago in July of 1942, the battle for Stalingrad began.
July 17, 1942 in Russian historiography is considered the beginning of the Stalingrad War.