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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[Khushroo Dholoo]

I love WWII stories & Documentaries including this detailed version, thank you very much for providing this to me - K Dholoo

[Kilzu1]

Yes Paulus did defect, you see after he refused to commit a suicide and surrendered to russians, he was considered an defeatist in Germany which meant that Germans pretty much would have lynched Paulus if he would have come back to Germany

[andrewc2768]

What are the deserted houses they keep showing>?

[TheMark1945]

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[graciemaemarie11]

he was traitor to us all... he allowed barbarians to triumph.....

[William Lee]

Did Paulus defect? I thought he surrenderd and was put in prison. So he actually worked for the Russians?

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[Klaus Funkwagen]

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[BENNYSIEGEL90]

Paulus fought like a man. Chuikov still took notes from his little trip here though. Central europeans simply can't understand winter. Zhukov and Chuikov were pros who handled the most crucial skill of warfare while the superman who spend most of his days in military schols did not.

[Royston Nguyen]

Very sad, he obey Hitler to the end, and died a lonely man.