I don't know why the above poster was being downvoted...The Battle of Stalingrad is a very good equivocation for the Allied landings on Normandy on the Western Front. In Russia, the battle was and is remembered in a highly romantic light. The city itself was awarded the title of "Hero City" by the Soviet Union in 1945 for the actions of its citizens in its defense. And those who had fought in the battle were, after the war, considered heroes and received especial respect by their countrymen. The battle has achieved a sort of "mythic" status within the Russian psyche, not unlike the beaches of Normandy for the Allies in the West.