Stalingrad, Battle of
- a long and bitterly fought battle of the Second World War, in which the German advance into the Soviet Union was turned back at Stalingrad in 1942-3. The Germans surrendered after suffering more than 300,000 casualties.斯大林格勒保卫战（第二次世界大战期间一场长期的残酷战役; 1942-1943年, 德国军队入侵苏联在斯大林格勒受阻, 在伤亡超过300,000人后向苏联军队投降）。