Friedrich Paulus

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German military officer field marshal human

Friedrich Paulus was a German field marshal best known for commanding the 6th Army during World War II and surrendering at the Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point on the Eastern Front.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military officer → field marshal → human →
allegiance	German Empire → Wehrmacht →
awarded	Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class → Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves →
battle	Battle of Stalingrad → Invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) →
capturedBy	Soviet Union →
conflict	Eastern Front of World War II → World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
dateOfBirth	1890-09-23 →
dateOfDeath	1957-02-01 →
education	cadet school in Kassel →
familyName	Paulus →
fullName	Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus →
givenName	Friedrich →
historicalSignificance	his surrender at Stalingrad marked a major turning point on the Eastern Front in World War II →
laterLivedIn	Dresden → East Germany →
marriageStart	1912 →
militaryBranch	German Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal → Generalfeldmarschall →
notableFor	command of the German 6th Army at the Battle of Stalingrad → surrender of the 6th Army at Stalingrad in 1943 →
numberOfChildren	3 →
placeOfBirth	Breitenau, Hesse-Nassau, German Empire →
placeOfDeath	Dresden, East Germany →
placeOfDetention	Soviet Union →
positionHeld	Chief of Staff to General Walther von Reichenau → Commander of the German 6th Army →
promotedToFieldMarshalOn	1943-01-30 →
releasedFromCaptivity	1953 →
religion	Protestantism →
servedIn	15th Infantry Regiment → German General Staff →
servedUnder	Gerd von Rundstedt → Walther von Reichenau → Wilhelm List →
spouse	Elena Rosetti-Solescu →
surrenderedOn	1943-01-31 →
surrenderedTo	Red Army →
wasPrisonerOfWar	true →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
6th Army → Case Blue → German 6th Army →	commander
German 6th Army ("Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus") → German-Italian Panzer Army → Heer →	notableCommander
Operation Koltso → Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 →	opposingCommander
Second Battle of Kharkov →	commanderGerman
Friedrich Paulus ("Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus") →	fullName
Battle of Stalingrad →	hasCommander
15th Infantry Regiment →	hasNotableAlumnus
Breitenau, Hesse-Nassau, German Empire →	historicalLocationOfBirth
Generalfeldmarschall →	notableHolder
15th Infantry Regiment →	notableMember