James Holland has written about nearly every major battle of World War II, from Burma to Berlin. So it makes sense that in “Victory ’45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders” he and his co-author, ...

Eighty-three years ago today, the largest and bloodiest battle in human history came to an end. On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad.