Chuikov takes command of the 62nd Army
1942 · Event
With the Germans at the Volga, Vasily Chuikov is told to hold Stalingrad or die; he fights 'hugging' the enemy, house by house.
On these timelines: Stalingrad, Russia & the USSR, World War II, Master
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