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Jakov, tykistön luutnantti.Savu wrote:luopio ässist en mee sanoon, mut eiks stalinin poika ollu lentäjä ja jäi vangiks? ja kuulemma teki itsarin, miten lie sit toi oikeest menny
Sturmmann wrote:Eikös Adolf käskenyt teloittaa tän Josefin pojan. Yrittivät saksalaiset tehdä jonkinlaisen vaihtokaupan siinä, mutta Joe ei suostunut ja Aatu käski ottaa pojalta nirrin pois.
http://www.travbuddy.com/Sachsenhausen- ... mp-v174488The Wehrmacht tried to exchange Yakov for Friedrich Paulus , a German war Marshall captured during the battle of Stalingrad, but Stalin should have said allegedly have said: "I do not change the soldier for the marshal" or "I have no son," (As him and Yakov didnt get along)
http://users.telenet.be/stalingrad/divi ... paulus.htmHistory gives a simple and unkind verdict on Friedrich Paulus: gifted Staff officer, uninspired
commander, an unquestioning general of the 'orders-are-orders' type. He was a man who
enjoyed the intellectual aspects of the profession of war; he never questioned Nazism and
was willing to do almost anything ordered by Hitler. Finally, when the fate of a quarter of a
million men rested in his hands, he 'froze' and did little but let events take their course to the
complete destruction of his army and the miserable deaths of most of his soldiers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_PaulusGuderian described him as ‘brilliantly clever, conscientious, hard working, original and talented’ but already had doubts about his decisiveness, toughness and lack of command experience.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_PaulusA very clever man though perhaps not a very strong character.
* Erich von Manstein to Leon Goldensohn, June 14, 1946.
