However, the Axis forces protecting German flanks were made up of weak, undermanned, and undergunned Romanian and Italian forces. ... Unknown until the Soviets swept around the Germans and through the weak Italian and Romanian troops to cut off German troops, under General Paulus. ...

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Joseph Stalin held absolute authority in the Soviet Union for twenty nine years. During his time as dictator he moved the Soviet Union to a world power, while starving and arresting his own people. His brutal dictatorship was one of the bloodiest in history. He can be compared to such leaders like A...

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