Hitler's Warriors - Paulus the Defector

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"I believed, I erred" - the belated regret by Hitler's field marshal Keitel before the Nuremberg Tribunal stood out as a lone exception in facing the atrocities of the German military. Most of the high-ranking officers who aided the dictator in his war of aggression pleaded that they were obeying orders and denied any personal guilt. In post-war Germany, where there was an atmosphere of repression rather than inquiry, they contrived the myth of a "clean" military which supposedly was neither involved in the mass murders of the regime nor was aware of them. In fact, many aristocrats in the military regarded the Nazi-Ideology with reserve, but their resistance, also in clear sight of the horrendous crimes carried out by the regime, was confined to a small circle. No active field marshal rose to support the men of the failed assassination attempt of July 20, 1944. Erich von Manstein, for instance, categorically declined the recruiting efforts of the conspirators with the words: "German field marshals do not mutiny".Profiling these men, the series asks why it all happened. Rommel, Keitel, Paulus, Udet, Canaris and Manstein - six careers caught in the tangle between obedience and crime. What led all these officers to put their military talents at the service of a murderous dictator? To what depth was their involvement in Hitler´s crimes? To what limits did their obedience lead them?

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[TheDevilsBusiness]

@gettincrazywithit Given he had limited fuel and ammunition, all a break out would have done would be to send he troops out into the fields to freeze. Manstiens relief column wouldn't have helped because one Paulus move, the Soviets would have also.

[gettincrazywithit]

@1Historygenius You think of your men, not yourself...He could have saved the 6th armee, instead he held for 2 more months for no reason and then surrendered. He murdered just as much as Hitler did in that battle. He should have allowed the breakout west.

[MrMedicinebox]

A Great Trader!

[DasFunkwagen]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL @8:44 independence day official soundtrack - The Darkest Day

[Fratboy8212]

Sorry, but we spell our family name with a silent "H" ..... Paulhus !!!! AND NO, we take NO pride in the fact that our ancestor even worked for Hitler ... but only in the fact that his surrender, after the Battle of Stalingrad was the single biggest on the Eastern front .... and in doing so, nearly causes old Adolf a complete mental "breakdown" !!!

[mocksession]

TRAITOR!

SCOUNDREL!

ANIMAL!

[TheDosaaaa]

my cock is :------- that big.?. O_o

[1Historygenius]

@KilonBerlin So as I said Hitler was convinced Goring could do it and thus believed him. Paulus is not bad but mediocre and he is loyal which can come in handy. Hitler did not give him permission to breakout and you always listen to the commander even if he is nuts, otherwise something worse can happen to you as time comes ahead.

[KilonBerlin]

The last comment is the sad thing, the Nazis found a lot supporters in the occupied states and anti-Semitism is very rare today in Germany, but in other countries with higher jewish population like the USA, there are quite a lot of people which think so. We think we live in a much better world and maybe laugh about the Germans or others that believed the news 70 years ago, but most of us don't know that the same thing, just more efficient happens to us too! Sry can't say it better in English.

[KilonBerlin]

@1Historygenius Its good like it happened, even for Germany, I'm no real German but live in this excellent state (compared to others). I just got new teeths for 6000€ and only paid 100€, I get methadone free every day and all other medicine too, and my mother can't work and gets money for a flat and to live monthly since she is in Germany (1981). My polish grandpa (1926 born) hates Germans, but said they were very strong fighters and Holocaust was the only good thing they did.