Timeline Tuesday 2 February 1943

Events on Tuesday 2 February 1943 2

• 1942 – 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Turning point on the Eastern Front The Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 - February 1943) was the largest and bloodiest battle in history, with nearly 2 million casualties. The German 6th Army was encircled and destroyed, marking the turning point of the war in the East.
• 1943 German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad 91,000 survivors captured Field Marshal Paulus surrendered the remnants of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad on February 2, 1943. Of 300,000 men who entered the Stalingrad pocket, only 91,000 survived to surrender; fewer than 6,000 ever returned to Germany.