Q 01/05

What name has the city of Stalingrad borne since 1961?

A) Tsaritsyn

B) Volgograd

C) Samara

D) Saratov

Answer · why

B) Volgograd

It sits on the Volga in southern Russia; the city hosted a military parade on 2 February 2013 for the 70th anniversary of the victory.

Q 02/05

What was the code name of the German summer offensive of 1942 that led to Stalingrad?

A) Operation Citadel

B) Operation Typhoon

C) Case Blue

D) Case Yellow

Answer · why

C) Case Blue

Fall Blau aimed at the Caucasus oil fields; Hitler said that without the oil of Maykop and Grozny he must 'finish this war'.

Q 03/05

Which German army was destroyed at Stalingrad, the first of Hitler's field armies to surrender?

A) The 9th

B) The 4th Panzer

C) The 17th

D) The 6th

Answer · why

D) The 6th

The 4th Panzer Army was also badly mauled and Army Group B routed.

Q 04/05

Who commanded the German 6th Army at Stalingrad?

A) Erich von Manstein

B) Friedrich Paulus

C) Hermann Hoth

D) Maximilian von Weichs

Answer · why

B) Friedrich Paulus

Hitler promoted him to field marshal on 30 January 1943, expecting him to kill himself rather than surrender; he gave up the next day.

Q 05/05

Which Soviet general commanded the 62nd Army that held the city, vowing to defend it or die?

A) Konstantin Rokossovsky

B) Georgy Zhukov

C) Vasily Chuikov

D) Andrey Yeryomenko

Answer · why

C) Vasily Chuikov

He was appointed on 11 September 1942, and in 1945 he personally accepted the surrender of Berlin.