In February 1943, the VI German Army led by General Von Paulus surrendered at Stalingrad. The victory of the Red Army, a significant turning point of World War II, became a symbol or Soviet opposition but additionally associated with horrors of war. Street fighting in Stalingrad inside month of December and January took place with temperatures close to -40 C. The Red Army's cold temperatures equipment, remarkably a lot better than the Wehrmacht's, was decisive through the battle.
