WWII in Focus: Daily Photos from the Frontlines

The Red Flag Rises Over Fallen Soldiers' Square, Stalingrad, 31 January 1943

The Red Flag Rises Over Fallen Soldiers' Square, Stalingrad, 31 January 1943

June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes

A Soviet soldier raises the Red Flag over Fallen Soldiers’ Square in Stalingrad, shortly after the surrender of the German 6th Army. The department store building in the background was where Field Marshal Paulus was captured. Read more