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On January 31, 1943, Paulus was captured by the Russians, and he surrendered. The remainder of his army capitulated in the following days. Hitler flew into a rage upon learning this and vowed never to appoint a field marshal again (though he made seven more before the war was over.)
Jan 31, 2023 · Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, commanding the German Sixth Army, surrenders to the Russians at 6th Army HQ, 31st January 1943. Red Army soldiers outside the ruined Unimag building after the surrender.
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When he realized that his army was trapped in a futile war of attrition at Stalingrad, General Friedrich Paulus, commander of the 6th Army, surrendered on January 31, 1943, against Hitler’s orders.
- Friedrich Paulus’ Early Life
- Rising Through The Ranks of The Wehrmacht
- Operation Barbarossa
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Friedrich Paulus Becomes A Prisoner of War
- Nuremberg Trials
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus was born on September 23, 1890 in Guxhagen, Prussia. As a young man, he attempted to enlist in the Imperial German Navy, but was unsuccessful and opted, instead, to study law at the University of Marburg. Still determined to have a career in the military, however, he left higher education and joined the 111th Infantry...
Just before the Second World War began, Friedrich Paulus was made the Chef des Generalstabes of the newly-established XVI Armeekorps (Motorisiert), despite concerns from Generaloberst Heinz Guderianthat he lacked command experience (most of his wartime experience up to this point was as a staff officer). This was soon rectified, as Paulus was promo...
In August 1940, Friedrich Paulus was, again, promoted, this time to generalleutnant, and named the deputy chief of the German General Staff just one month later. It was in this position that he worked alongside other officials to create the plans for Operation Barbarossa– the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Paulus was placed into a high-rankin...
This didn’t stop the Germans from pushing into the Soviet Union, with Friedrich Paulus leading the 6th Army into the infamous Battle of Stalingrad in the summer of 1942. He and his men fought for three months trying to take the city, until the Red Army launched an aggressive counteroffensivethat November. The commander was ordered by the Führer to ...
Friedrich Paulus reportedly surrendered with grace, tellingthe Soviet delegation in poor Russian, “Field Marshal of the German Army Paulus renders himself prisoner to the Red Army,” and going on to apologize that he hadn’t yet received the appropriate uniform for his new rank. He even lightened the mood by joking, “And anyway, my new uniform will h...
Aside from easily falling into this role, Friedrich Paulus also famously denounced the actions of his fellow German officers by serving as a witness against them at the Nuremberg Trials. His best-known testimony was against Generaloberst Alfred Jodl and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, who’d served alongside him during Operation Barbarossa. Due...
Ignoring the German officer’s halfhearted request to hand over their weapons, the Soviet negotiators started going down to the basement where Friedrich Paulus had his HQ.
- Boris Egorov
Jan 31, 2023 · With the battle for Stalingrad lost, on January 31, 1943, Hitler promoted General Paulus to the rank of Field Marshal, hinting that the latter should take his own life rather than be captured. Instead, General Paulus surrendered to the Red Army, followed two days later by the remainder of his trapped forces, which by now numbered only 110,000 ...
Nazi Germany Surrenders. World War II in Europe ended twice. On May 7, 1945, in a small red brick schoolhouse in the French town of Reims, German representative Alfred Jodl signed the instrument of unconditional surrender on behalf of the Nazi High Command.
