Freidrich Paulus (Germany)
- Lived September 23, 1890 - February 1, 1957.
- German Military Officer from 1910 - 1945.
- Hitler ordered Paulus to take over Stalingrad. Some say Hitler only wanted to take over Stalingrad because it was the city's name and Hitler's hatred, Joseph Stalin.
- The primary task was getting a hold of the oil fields in the Caucasus.
- Paulus also had to take over the city because Stalingrad was the Soviet Union's centre of communication and manufacturing.
- On November 23rd, 1942, Paulus and 250,000 - 300,000 of his men were trapped by Soviet forces. Paulus could have broken out of Khuzov's trap, but Hitler forbidden him because he found that as a sign of surrendering.
- Germans faced the winter with low temperatures and low supplies of food as they tried to not surrender.
- Hitler ordered Paulus to fight until the last bullet, but the Germans had no choice but to surrender by February 2, 1943.
- As a result of surrendering to the Soviets, Paulus was stripped of his rank because of Hitler's anger with him.
Marchal Khuzov (Soviet Union)
- Lived December 1, 1986 - June 18, 1974.
- In late August 1942, Khuzov was Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army and was sent to the Southwestern Front to take charge of the defense of Stalingrad.
- Khuzov launched a counteroffensive on November 19, 1942, and the Red Army encircled the entire German 6th Army (largest formation of Nazi troops at the time).
- After 2 months more, Paulus and his men end up surrendering.
- Khuzov was awarded the 1st Order of Suvorov along with his other accomplices. However, the "No. 1" was engraved on the metal that was given to Khuzov.
- Khuzov would later make other great contributions in many important victories because of his great military knowledge and his great influence on both the Soviet's and military tactics around the world.