On this day, 82 years ago, on January 31, 1943 (December 26, 1942 in the lunar calendar), the German army surrendered in Stalingrad. Paulus led the remnants of his troops to surrender to the Soviet Army. On January 31, 1943, the German occupation army of Stalingrad, which was in a cold and depleted situation, surrendered to the Soviet army. Since the Soviet army besieged the city in November last year, the Nazis have almost cut off military supplies. The war was so fierce that the Germans could not access the small supplies airdropped on the ground. Finally, reduce the ration to a few ounces of bread. More than 90,000 German troops were frozen to death or starved to death, and 100,000 people were killed in the last three weeks of fighting. The surrender of Friedrich von Paulus, who became Field Marshal late in the battle, greatly annoyed Hitler. Because the German Marshal had never surrendered. Paulus asked several times to lay down his arms, but Hitler refused. "Surrender is not allowed," Hitler ordered: "The Sixth Army should hold its position until the last man and the last bullet remain. Their persistence will make an indelible contribution to building a defensive frontier and saving the Western world." But this time, Paulus did not obey. Stalingrad has always been a battleground for military strategists. The Battle of Stalingrad from autumn 1942 to spring 1943 was a decisive battle between the Soviet Army and the German Army. Starting from mid-July 1942, Germany successively invested 1.5 million troops in an attempt to capture the city in one fell swoop and then outflank Moscow. The Soviets fought bloody battles with the people of the city and severely damaged the German forces. The Soviet army counterattacked on November 19 and completed its encirclement of the enemy in December. In the early morning of January 10, 1943, the Soviet Army began bombarding the besieged German army with 5000 cannons. Under the cover of artillery, Soviet tanks and infantry launched a charge, and the German army retreated across the board. On January 31, all German troops in the center of Stalingrad were wiped out, and a total of 330,000 German troops were wiped out throughout the battle. From then on, the Soviet Army seized the strategic initiative and reversed the entire strategic situation on the Soviet-German battlefield. This battle was also a turning point in the Second World War. Soviet soldiers charged through the ruins of Stalingrad, capturing more than 2500 German officers, including 24 generals