Putin tried to get closer to Europe, Europe told Putin where he could stick it. Russia was great in the past, is it any wonder that Russians want to return to it? Of course, the brutality of Stalins rule is forgotten by many, who just remember the times when the word 'Russia' meant more than drunken brawlers and mafia but that's how it goes in most countries, Japan is another good example of this.
Anyway, that's off topic.
What is on topic is the fact that Stalingrad was one of the big turning points of World War II, along with Midway, where the Axis suffered major defeats. From 1943 it was pretty much all over for Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, they both would put up major battles, and claim victories, but the tide had turned.
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