But how shockingly different their external appearance was!” recalled Wilhelm Adam, adjutant to the 6th Army commander. “The German soldiers - ragged, in thin greatcoats over threadbare ...

On Jan. 25, 1943, Gen. Friedrich Paulus, commanding the German 6th Army at the height of the Battle of Stalingrad, thought he saw the time had come to speak of surrender. Paulus was a 52-ye ...