The Battle of Stalingrad raged on. The Germans slowly gained ground, but took major casualties.
Red Army soldiers devised new ways of tormenting their enemies, including the Soviet secret weapon, the Katyusha rocket launcher.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
The Capture of Kars
Composed in 1880 by Modest Mussorgsky. Public domain.
Performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Source.
Closing War Theme
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