In the summer of 1942, Friedrich Paulus was considered by Hitler as a "beacon of hope" in the midst of his war against the Soviet Union; but in early 1943, this general (by that time field marshal) led one of the most decorated armies of the Wehrmacht to the most devastating defeat of World War II in the bloodiest battle in history: the Battle of Stalingrad.

While in command of the German 6th Army, whose objective was the capture of an industrial city on the banks of the Volga, Stalingrad became a mass grave, and the death of tens of thousands of German soldiers became associated with his name.

However, not so well known is the story of Paulus' life after the defeat at Stalingrad and his subsequent Soviet captivity and post-war life. For these reasons, today we will learn about the fate of Friedrich Paulus after his defeat in the bloodiest and most decisive battle in the history of World War II, and this will finally help us to understand how the name of Stalingrad could never again be removed from his life.


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Bibliographic references:
• Paulus, F. (Aut.), Görlitz, W. (Ed.) & Scholz, V. (Trad.). (2017). Stalingrado y yo: Las memorias del hombre que rindió Stalingrado ante el Ejército Rojo (in Spanish). Madrid: La Esfera de los Libros.

• Glantz, D. M. & House, J. (2009). To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942. Kansas City: University Press of Kansas.

• Werth, N., Paczkowski, A. et al. (1999). The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.