On February 2, 1943 the Germans surrendered at Stalingrad.
Official casualty numbers, 1,978,619.
A common saying from this day on on the mouths of Russians was: "You cannot stop an army which has done Stalingrad."
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Thomas Simeon O Floinn OP (1944 - 2026) - an obituary
Fr Thomas S O Floinn, second back row, third from left. Tehran, 1970. Tomás Simeon O Floinn was born in Rathdowney, Co Laois in 1944, where...
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