Could Paulus have broken out of Stalingrad.
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However, Hitler’s command sealed the fate of the German forces stuck in stalingrad, leaving them with no choice but capturing the city or dies doing so. Paulas had already planned to retreat from Stalingrad but Hitler was adamant about capturing the city and ordered him to remain there. If Paulas ignored his orders and retreated, he would have been trailed for treason anyways so he did not have motivation to escape other than for the sake of his man.
In conclusion, I would say Paulas had a slim chance of breaking out of Stalingrad. I would attribute this to the harsh weather and Hitler’s adamance to capture the city which made Paulas and his men stuck in the city with no supplies. This is what Hitler had to say about Paulas “What hurts me the most, personally, is that I still promoted him to field marshal. I wanted to give him this final satisfaction… a man like that besmirches the heroism of so many others at the last moment. He could have freed himself from all sorrow and ascended into eternity and national immortality, but he prefers to go to Moscow”
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