Paulus surrendered his remaining troops in February 1943, ending Hitler’s disastrous obsession with capturing the city bearing Stalin’s name.
The Sixth Army began their assault in August 1942 and was collapsing by November. Units had to be brought from elsewhere to replace enormous casualties. Supplies were drying up, and the Soviets were growing increasingly stronger. Paulus surrendered his remaining troops in February 1943, ending Hitler’s disastrous obsession with capturing the city bearing Stalin’s name. By the battle’s end, there were an estimated two million casualties in total.