Daily Archives: January 24, 2013

Hitler refuses to let von Paulus surrender at Stalingrad 70 years ago today (1943)


Video: Jan. 24, 1943 (at 43:52)

(Sunday, January 24, 1943; during the Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern Front of World War II) — German Gen. Friedrich von Paulus, commander in chief of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, urgently requested permission from Adolf Hitler today to surrender his position there, but Hitler flatly refused the request, setting his soldiers up for a crushing defeat.