![]() ![]() Breaking west, they were swiftly killed or captured. The Army requests permission to surrender so as to save the lives of those that remain.Ī few desperate bands of German soldiers attempted to escape their fate. We have 18,000 wounded who are without any kind of bandages or medicines at all. There are signs of disintegration on the southern, western and northern fronts. We have contact with some elements of six divisions only. ![]() The commander of the 297th Infantry Division, General von Drebber was taken in his command post. Other generals took their own lives or were overrun and captured. General von Hartmann, commanding the 71st Infantry Division, was shot in the head during the bitter close-quarter fighting. Paulus’ divisional commanders did everything they could. ![]()
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