Soviet forces under Marshal Georgy Zhukov won a fierce battle for the city of Stalingrad -- now Volgograd.
VOA : special.2011.06.09
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Earlier,Soviet forces had succeeded in breaking German attacks at Stalingrad,Moscow and Leningrad.
VOA : special.2011.06.16
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It made its backers rich. Financiers in the Washington,D.C., area also knew what canals meant to cities like Venice in Italy and Tsaritsyn - later called Stalingrad and Volgograd - in Russia.