It has to be admitted that Frederick Wilhelm Paulus was a fairly good officer of the General Staff, and that the "Barbarossa" plan to invade the Soviet Union was spearheaded by Paulus. As a staff officer, Paulus was absolutely qualified, but it was another matter if he were to act alone as a manager. In Pony's view, Paulus was not suitable for leading troops, and Paulus's final operation directly confused Manstein.
Paulus
Paulus's German Sixth Army was the most elite Nazi force, and Hitler even said that it could take paradise. Paulus also lived up to expectations, and the Battle of Stalingrad was won in the early stages, and the Germans soon approached the Volga River. However, Paulus made a faint move, did not use his troops to cut off the Soviet reinforcements to Stalingrad through the other side of the Volga River, but took the initiative to give up the advantage of ground and air firepower, and used the German troops to fight with the Soviets in the streets, attacking the enemy with his own shortness, and gradually the German army's sharpness was exhausted, and the logistics were gradually unable to keep up. The Soviets gradually gathered large forces and began to counterattack. As a result, the Sixth Army was transformed from an offensive force into a besieged army in need of support.
Hitler immediately sent his best general, Manstein, to the rescue of Paulus. Manstein was really strong, and advanced to only thirty kilometers away from Paulus in one breath, because the snowstorm and the Soviet blockade stopped, Manstein asked Paulus to lead the Sixth Army closer to him, the two sides attacked, the breakthrough was no problem, and as a result Paulus sent a crying telegram, saying that he had to receive Hitler's explicit order to retreat in order to break through.
Manstein
Manstein was confused on the spot, dude, when did he think about this, the situation has been 100,000 urgent, more and more Soviet troops, and then drag on, Manstein can not go, Manstein gritted his teeth, regardless of my first withdrawal. A few days later, Paulus and his 90,000 German troops were all taken prisoner and sent to Siberia, and it is said that only 6,000 returned to Germany alive after the war. Paulus had just been promoted to Field Marshal by Hitler the day before, and Paulus was the first Field Marshal in Germany to be captured.
Captured by the Germans sent to Siberia
Captured Paulus