In February 1943, the VI German Army led by General Von Paulus surrendered at Stalingrad. The victory of the Red Army, an essential turning point of World War II, became a symbol or Soviet resistance and associated with the horrors of war. Street fighting in Stalingrad within the month of December and January occurred with conditions close to -40 C. The Red Army's cold temperatures gear, remarkably a lot better than the Wehrmacht's, was decisive throughout the battle.
