Stalingrad Konstantin Rokossovsky
rokossovsky interrogates paulus @ don front hq: general rokossovsky, marshal voronov, translator nikolay dyatlenko , paulus (left right)
on same day general paulus asked hitler permission surrender refused. on 26 january soviets had broken surrounded germans 2 pockets, , on january 31, southern pocket collapsed , paulus surrendered. within 4 days last significant group of defenders surrendered rokossovky s command, ending battle marked high-water mark of german advance during soviet-german war.
troops of don front @ 4pm on february 2nd, 1943 completed rout , destruction of encircled group of enemy forces in stalingrad. twenty-two divisions have been destroyed or taken prisoner. — konstantin rokossovsky
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