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Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at the 64th Army HQ, 31 January 1943. Paulus, a Roman Catholic, was opposed to suicide. During his captivity, according to General Max Pfeffer, Paulus said, "I have no intention of shooting myself for this Bohemian corporal." Paulus also forbade his soldiers from standing on top of their ...
The 6th Army was formed on 10 October 1939 with General Walther von Reichenau in command through the redesignation of the 10th Army that had fought during the Invasion of Poland. During the invasion of the Low Countries the 6th Army saw active service linking up with paratroopers and destroying fortifications at Eben Emael , Liège , and Namur ...
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[5] On 10 June the division began crossing the Seversky Donets River by assault boat, constructing a bridge for other units, including the 14th Panzer Division. [5] The division continued to make inroads around the black sea to take down the industrial city of Stalingrad, serving in IV corps under General of the Engineers Erwin Jaenecke .
Paulus notified Hitler that his men would likely collapse before the day was out. In response, Hitler then issued a tranche of field promotions to the Sixth Army's officers, with Paulus made a Generalfeldmarschall. In deciding to promote Paulus, Hitler noted that there was no record of a German or Prussian field marshal having ever surrendered ...
General Friedrich Paulus, ordered by Hitler to hold to the end, refuses to surrender while his soldiers starve. The Soviets close on the city, battering the German forces as they advance. After Red Army soldiers enter his command post, Paulus orders his remaining troops to surrender.
By projecting all three images onto a screen simultaneously, he was able to recreate the original image of the ribbon. #4 London, Kodachrome Image credits: Chalmers Butterfield
January 31, 1943: Germany's Field Marshal Paulus surrenders to Soviets at Stalingrad January 24, 1943: At Casablanca, Roosevelt and Churchill declare they will accept nothing less than the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers January 30, 1943: Admiral Erich Raeder resigns as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine and is succeeded by Karl Dönitz due to growing dissatisfaction with Adolf ...