Nikolay Dmitriyevich Dyatlenko was a Ukrainian Soviet officer, interrogator and translator who was part of a team that attempted to deliver a message of truce to the German Sixth Army at the Battle of
Paulus (left), and his aides Col. Wilhelm Adam (middle) and Lt-Gen. Arthur Schmidt (right), after their surrender in Stalingrad
Dyatlenko (centre right, wearing the Order of the Red Banner) during the interrogation of Paulus, 31 January 1943
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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