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On Tues. 02 Feb 1943 The last of the German Sixth Army surrendered in S.....

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The last of the German Sixth Army surrendered in Stalingrad, Russia. On the same day, a German reconnaissance aircraft was dispatched to fly over Stalingrad, confirming that all fighting had ceased

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