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World War II - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | The Soviets later encircled and captured the German Sixth Army at the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), decisively defeated the Axis during the Battle of Kursk, and broke the Siege of Leningrad. |
 | | In the Battle of the Caucasus, fought in the late summer and fall of 1942, the Axis forces captured the oil fields. |
 | | At the Battle of North Cape, Germany's last battlecruiser, the Scharnhorst, was sunk by HMS Duke of York, HMS Belfast, and several destroyers. |
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