After a insanely long and bloody battle, Paulus 6th army finally surrenders even after Hitler gives an order to fight to the last man. They had been begging Hitler for a breakout for weeks, Hitler denied every request. The 6th army was considered one of the greatest armies of the Wehrmacht and they were out of ammo, food, and many were dying daily being frozen to death or from typhus.
The defeat at Stalingrad is considered the turning point in WW2. Over 2 million casualties, it’s still to this day considered the bloodiest battle. Even today, when construction is done at the area (called Volgograd today), bodies are still being found. Hitlers decision to take Stalingrad became an obsession of ego as it bore Stalins name. All 90,000 were marched off east to the nearest work camp. Those that couldn’t march were shot.
Of the 90,000 who surrendered, just 6000 would see the end of the war.
by daikatanaman00