6th Army (Wehrmacht)
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The 6th Army was a field army of the German Army during World War II. It is widely known for its defeat by and subsequent surrender to the Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. It c
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Friedrich Paulus
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II who is best known for being the commander of the German 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. The battle ended
6th Army (Wehrmacht)
…aircraft accident while being transported to a hospital after a heart attack in January 1942. He was succeeded by his former chief of staff, General Friedrich Paulus. Paulus led the 6th Army to a major victory at the Second Battle of Kharkov during the spring of 1942. On 28 June 1942, Army Group South launched Case…
Paulus in 1941
Paulus (third from right) attending a meeting at the headquarters of Army Group South with Adolf Hitler on 1 June 1942
Paulus arriving in southern Russia, January 1942
Paulus (right) with General Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach in Stalingrad, November 1942