Seventy two years ago today Operation Uranus was a day old. It was one of the key turning points of World War ll.
It was not just the moment when the Red Army showed it could mount a sophisticated offensive and defeat the Germans, but also the first major sign that Stalin was prepared, at last, to trust his generals.
These were days that Georgii Zhukov's plan to encircle Paulus' Sixth Army on the Volga became operational and ended in success. From here on in it was a race to Berlin.
Uranus lasted from November 19 to 23.
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