Friedrich Paulus
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 .
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Personal details | |
Born | Guxhagen, Kingdom of Prussia German Empire | 23 September 1890
Died | 1 February 1957 Dresden East Germany | (aged 66)
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 service | 1910–45 1953–56 |