Word: paulus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months, -while Seydlitz and others were calling on their countrymen to quit, Paulus was Junker-silent. But the Russians and his fellow officers labored to convince him that Hitler's Germany was lost...
That idea also fitted the Field Marshal's belief that Hitler's stubbornness and stupidity had doomed Paulus' mighty Sixth Army to a hopeless stand at Stalingrad. He was also outraged by Hitler's hanging of his fellow Field Marshal, Erwin von Witzleben. On Aug. 14, 1944, Friedrich von Paulus addressed an open letter to the German Army and people: "For Germany the war is lost. . . because of the political and military leadership 'of Adolf Hitler. . . . Germany must get rid of Adolf Hitler and establish a new state leadership which will bring...
...Nazis denounced him as a traitor, reportedly put his family in a concentration camp. Grim Paulus stood firm. Last week he was still broadcasting to Germany for the Russians...
...Pawns. What use Stalin will actually make of Paulus & Co. in conquered Germany was uncertain last week. Originally, the committee was set up not to rule Germany after the defeat, but to persuade the German Army and people to overthrow Hitler. Paulus and his fellows failed in that effort, but they may still have a place-perhaps a big one-in Joseph Stalin's plans for conquered Germany...
...There are indications that the French are disturbed by reports that Russia might try to establish a German Government under Field Marshal General Friedrich von Paulus (see INTERNATIONAL) and also seek French recognition of the Lublin regime in Poland which General Charles de Gaulle refused to recognize when he was in Moscow...