Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Russia, 1942

Exhausted civilians try to collect water during the German siege of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad, which lasted from August 1942 to February 1943, was one of the bloodiest battles in all of history, with an estimated two million casualties.

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