Three photographs of the grain silo in Stalingrad, one of the most
strongly defended buildings in the city. In this huge grain elevator,
south of the Tsaritsa Gorge, the fighting was merciless. Both sides
incurred terrible losses trying to capturing and retain it. For three
days troops of 24 Panzer-Division pounded the massive concrete
structure with artillery, antitank guns, mortars, and tank guns,
setting the grain on fire. Hand-to-hand combat raged through the
structure and by 21 September the Germans finally captured it. The
fighting then moved to Red Square, to a nail factory, and the
Univermag Department Store.
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