Paulus promoted to field marshal
1943 · Event
Hitler makes Paulus a field marshal, as none had ever surrendered, expecting suicide; Paulus surrenders the next day.
On these timelines: Stalingrad, World War II, Germany, Master
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- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- The Holocaust (1933)
- Apartheid (1948)
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