World War II in Pictures- The newly promoted Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, surrendered on 31 January 1943, against Hitler’s orders.

This photograph shows Paulus with his chief of staff, Lieutenant Arthur Schmidt, and his adjutant, Colonel Wilhelm Adam, as they arrive at the headquarters of the 64th Soviet Army at Beketovka to surrender. As a POW, Paulus joined the “National Committee for a Free Germany” which called upon German troops on the Eastern Front to defect and bring the war to an end as soon as possible.