Synopsis: General Paulus was the one who planned the invasion of the UDSSR for Adolf Hitler, called Plan Barbarossa.
But the Germans got stuck in the harsh winter with sommer cloths. Paulus managed to seize the city called Stalingrad. But then the Russians encircled them and the sixth army of 250 000 were in a trap.
Hitler demanded the battle until the last German. Eventually Paulus refused and 100 000 or the left Germans went to Russian prison. 6000 returned to Germany after Stalins death. Paulus lived his last years in Leipzig East Germany and was against the joining of West Germany to Nato.
Synopsis: General Paulus was the one who planned the invasion of the UDSSR for Adolf Hitler, called Plan Barbarossa.
But the Germans got stuck in the harsh winter with sommer cloths. Paulus managed to seize the city called Stalingrad. But then the Russians encircled them and the sixth army of 250 000 were in a trap.
Hitler demanded the battle until the last German. Eventually Paulus refused and 100 000 or the left Germans went to Russian prison. 6000 returned to Germany after Stalins death. Paulus lived his last years in Leipzig East Germany and was against the joining of West Germany to Nato.