German general (1890–1957)
The highest-ranking German officer ever taken alive in combat — a field marshal who surrendered an entire army at Stalingrad and then, from Soviet captivity, turned against the regime that promoted him the day before his capture.
Friedrich Paulus fought through World War I in France and the Balkans, rose to major general by 1939, and helped plan the invasion of the Soviet Union as deputy chief of the German Army General Staff. In 1942 he took command of the 6th Army and drove toward Stalingrad, where Soviet forces encircled his 265,000 men inside the city. Hitler forbade breakout or surrender; the defense collapsed over months. On 31 January 1943, one day after being promoted to field marshal — a rank Hitler assumed would compel suicide rather than capture — Paulus surrendered. In Soviet captivity he joined the Nationa…
Sourced, dated quotes from Friedrich Paulus
Soldiers were and will remain soldiers. They fight, carrying out their duty, not thinking about the reasons, true to their military oath.
Troops without ammunition or food. Effective command no longer possible. 18,000 wounded without any supplies or dressings or drugs. Further defence senseless. Collapse inevitable.
You are talking to dead men here.
Everything you say, Reichenau, is totally unmilitaristic.
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