A Note from the Editors:
On Wednesday night, we promised to cover Operation Uranus for the next day, November 19th. We backed out on that, collectively opting to go with a more personal story rather than just discussing a battle that would result in a post too cluttered with background.
Every good journalist (and we think every writer, really) knows its a sin to abuse the reader's trust, however slight the transgression. We promise we won't do it again. To atone for that we are announcing the installment of a new feature here at Lies Agreed Upon, Dead General Quote of the Week.
To make up for our wrongs, the inaugural Dead General Quote of the Week comes from Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, commander of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. After Paulus was cut off by Operation Uranus, Hitler refused to allow him to break out and reunite with German forces. Instead, Sixth Army was forced to stay, and suffered through one of the most desperate battles in history. Hitler later promoted Paulus to Field Marshal, a not-so-subtle way of telling him to win or fall on his sword. After the surrender at Stalingrad, Paulus, who became the highest ranking German ever to become a prisoner, had this to say:
"I have no intention of shooting myself for that Austrian Corporal."
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