23 August 1942 August 22, 2012 Author: Staff Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad during WW2 Famous Words of Inspiration..."I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself." Giacomo Casanova — Click here for more from Giacomo Casanova Related posts: 8 August 1942 11 October 1942 15 November 1942 19 July 1942 10 September 1961 23 August 1939 Categories: History Tags: 1942, 23 August