Thursday, January 25, 2024

A pivotal point in world history

On this day, January 25, 1943 two separate thrusts of Soviet troops joined in the centre of Stalingrad. It meant cutting the remaining German forces into two small groupings. This was the famous cauldron at the city on the Volga, which had been meticulously  planned and designed by Field Marshal George Zhukov. 

Six days later, on January 31 at 07.35 Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendered to the superior forces of the Red Army. It was the beginning of the end and a pivotal point in World War II. Paulus was the first ever German field marshal to surrender.

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