SURRENDER AT STALINGRAD
The bloodiest battle in history ended on 2 February 1943 when the surrounded German 6th Army surrendered to Soviet forces at Stalingrad. The Germans had been pushed into a defensive pocket and were starving and short of ammunition. Adolf Hitler refused 6th Army’s commander, Friedrich Paulus, permission to surrender and even promoted him to field marshal.
Paulus nevertheless surrendered to the Soviets
