Answer: stalingrad

AnswerCrossword Clue
STALINGRADCritical 1942-43 battle site
STALINGRADWWII battle site in southwestern Russia
STALINGRADCity renamed in 1961
STALINGRADRussian city long besieged.
STALINGRADScene of heroic Russian stand.
STALINGRADScene of the "Red Verdun."
STALINGRADThe Sword of ....
STALINGRADTsaritsyn.
STALINGRADTurning-point in the war.
STALINGRADRussian city of W. W. II.
STALINGRADRussian city, for a while
STALINGRADTurning point, 1943
STALINGRADScene of a turning point in W.W. II
STALINGRADVolgograd's former name