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Friedrich Paulus
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1942
May
18
Kleist's counter-offensive
From 17 May 1942 Kleist's tanks struck the base of the Izium salient from the south; on 19 May Paulus attacked from the north. The Stavka halted too late.
August
01
The fighting in the great bend of the Don
In August 1942 Paulus's 6th Army smashed Soviet forces at Kalach and crossed the Don, while Hoth's 4th Panzer Army advanced on Stalingrad from the south.
23
Key event
The bombing of Stalingrad
On 23 August 1942 German tanks reached the Volga north of Stalingrad and the Luftwaffe reduced much of the city to ruins. The Battle of Stalingrad had begun.
September
03
Key event
The fighting for Stalingrad begins
On 3 September 1942 the wings of the 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army met outside Stalingrad as Soviet armies fell back to the suburbs. The battle reached the city.
13
Chuikov takes command of the 62nd Army
On 13 September 1942 the Germans stormed central Stalingrad, held by General Vasily Chuikov, who a day earlier took over the 62nd Army, pinned to the Volga.
October
12
The fighting in Stalingrad's factory district
In mid-October 1942 Paulus struck at the factories of northern Stalingrad. The 62nd Army, fed by night across the Volga, was cut in two but held on.
November
12
The last German assault in Stalingrad
On 11 November 1942 the 6th Army began its last assault in Stalingrad, reaching the Volga by Barrikady and cutting off Lyudnikov, but the 62nd Army held.
22
The encirclement of the Sixth Army at Stalingrad
On 22–23 November 1942 the Soviet pincers closed at Kalach. Hitler forbade Paulus's Sixth Army to break out – it was to hold “Fortress Stalingrad”.
1943
January
10
Operation Ring
On 10 January 1943, after its ultimatum was rejected, the Don Front attacked the Stalingrad pocket. Pitomnik fell on 16 January and Gumrak on 22 January.
24
The Stalingrad pocket split
In late January 1943 Hitler rejected Paulus's requests to be allowed to surrender, and on 26 January Soviet troops split the Stalingrad pocket in two.
31
Key event
Paulus surrenders
On 31 January 1943 men of the 64th Army captured Field Marshal Paulus and his staff in a Stalingrad department store basement. The southern pocket fell.
February
02
Key event
The end of the Battle of Stalingrad
On 2 February 1943 General Strecker's northern pocket surrendered and the Battle of Stalingrad ended. A day later the Reich announced the Sixth Army's defeat.