KURSK, SOVIET UNION - JULY / AUGUST: Soviet infantry in combat during the Battle of Kursk in 1943 in Russia. It was World War II battle between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front fought from July 5 till August 23, 1943. (Photo by Laski Diffusion/Getty Images)

A French political cartoon critiquing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Hitler and the Russian Bear are wrestling over a map of Russia and the Crimea. (Photo by Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Stalingrad 1942 Stalingrad 1942, The battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) was a major battle of World War II.1942. It lasted from 17th July 1942 to 2nd February 1943 and ended in defeat of the Germans whose 6th Army had been destroyed. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

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