World War II: German field marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Paulus" id="mwtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Friedrich Paulus">Friedrich Paulus</a> surrenders to the Soviets at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Stalingrad</a>, followed two days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.