Friedrich Paulus

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Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus was a Prussian-German military Senior Army field marshal Officer who served the Wehrmacht in the regular German Army branch of Germany during World War II in Europe from 1939-1943 .Paulus served the Imperial German Army as a infantry soldier from 1910-1919 and later he served as a Junior Officer and Senior Officer in the German Army of both the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht from 1921-1943 . He then served as a military adviser to the National People's Army of East Germany between 1953-1956 .

Friedrich Paulus
Personal details
Born(1890-09-23)23 September 1890
Guxhagen, Kingdom of Prussia German Empire
Died1 February 1957(1957-02-01) (aged 66)
Dresden East Germany
Military service
Allegiance German Empire (1910–18)
 Weimar Republic (1918–33)
 Nazi Germany (1933–43)
NKFD (1944–45)
 East Germany (1953–56)
Branch/service Imperial German Army (1910–18)
 Weimar Republic Army (1918–33)
 Nazi Germany Army (1933–43)
NFKD (1944–45)
 East Germany Army (1953–56)
Years of service1910–45
1953–56