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Old June 8th, 2007, 03:15 PM
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Default Re: So it is true....
The exchange which the Germans attempted was for Field Marshall Paulus who they tried to liberate from his fate at Stalingrad.

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I can't remember, was this before or after Stalin signed the General Order declaring all Soviets who surrendered and became POWs as traitors guilty of treason?
The order was signed in 41' I believe.
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