Friedrich wilhelm ernst paulus biography of donald

Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus (23 September1890 – 1 February1957) was a German field marshal during World War II who is best known for commanding the 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 to February 1943). The battle ended in disaster for the Wehrmacht when Soviet forces encircled the Germans within the city, leading to the ultimate defeat and capture of about 265,000 German personnel, their Axis allies and collaborators.

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• 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. Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops.
  • Radio message to Adolf Hitler, January 24, 1943. Quoted in "The World Changers" - Page 171 - by Bruce Bliven - 1965

• The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus






Branch:Heer
Born:23 September 1890 in Hesse-Nassau. near Breitenau, Guxhagen, Germany.
Died:1 February 1957 in Dresden, East Germany.

Ranks:
Generalfeldmarschall30 January 1943
Generaloberst
General der Infanterie
Generalleutnant
Generalmajor
Oberst1 June 1935
Oberstleutnant
Major
Hauptmann
Oberleutnant18 December 1915
Leutnant18 August 1911
Fähnrich18 October 1911

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Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus was born on 23 September 1890 and became a officer in the German military from 1910 to 1945. He attained the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II, and is best known for having commanded the 6. Armee (6th Army's) assault on Stalingrad during Operation Blue in 1942. The battle ended in disaster for Nazi Germany when approximately 270,000 soldiers of the Wehrmacht, Axis allies and Hilfswillige were encircled and defeated in a massive Soviet counterattack

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Ahoy - Mac's Web Log

Friedrich Paulus was born in the parish of Brieitemnau-Gershagen on September 23rd. 1890. His father a Civil Service bookkeeper, thus the future Field Marshal was no blue blood born with a silver spoon in his mouth. 

He graduated from Wilhelms-Gymnasium at Kassel in 1909 to be refused a Navy Officer place through lack of an aristocratic blood line, he turned to study law but briefly at the University of Munich. 

Now he tried the Army, joining the 111th. 3rd. Baden Infantry Regiment as an Officer-Cadet on February 18th. 1910, to be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 20 months later. 


Field Marshal Paulus.

As a Lieutenant in 1912, he married a 21 year old Rumanian aristocrat, Elena " Coca " Rosetti-Solescu, reportedly a beautiful, graceful but strong - willed woman, always ambitious for her husband. They had three children, a girl Olga in 1914, and twin boys, Friedrich and Alexander in 1918. Both were made Captains in Hitler's Army, with Fri