The strapped Russian army enlisted volunteer citizens, some with no weapons, to fight against the invaders. In August 1942, Adolf Hitler bombarded the industrial city (now known as Volgograd) with air assaults and then poured infantry into the attack. The nearly six-month siege of Stalingrad was one of the most pivotal - and dramatic - events in World War II. Captured German soldiers being lead to prisoner camps in Stalingrad, 1943.
