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World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
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Battle of Stalingrad
1942–1943; major battle of World War II
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad in southern Russia. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Friedrich Paulus
German field marshal (1890–1957)
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Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
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Telegraphy
Long distance transmission of text
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6th Army (Wehrmacht)
German field army (1939–1945)
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