Betrayal in the Ranks: The General Who Turned After Stalingrad He was promoted to Field Marshal by Hitler himself — a rank meant to die, not surrender. But at Stalingrad, General Friedrich Paulus did the unthinkable. He surrendered the entire German 6th Army. Captured by the Soviets, Paulus didn’t just survive — he turned against the Nazi leadership, testifying at the Nuremberg Trials and condemning the regime he once served. Was he a traitor… or a man who finally chose truth over loyalty? Histo