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  3. From: military@cbnews.att.com (Bill Thacker)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.military,soc.history
  5. Subject: 50 Years Ago: Sunday, 31 January, 1943
  6. Message-ID: <C1H2oA.Ep1@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
  7. Date: 26 Jan 93 17:45:46 GMT
  8. References: <1991Dec9.022615.7834@cbnews.cb.att.com>
  9. Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
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  16. From military@cbnews.att.com (Bill Thacker) 
  17.  
  18. Sunday, 31 January, 1943
  19.  
  20. Soviet troops reach the headquarters of Field-Marshal Paulus and demand his
  21. surrender.  Paulus assents, but resistance elsewhere in the pocket continues.
  22. Hitler is outraged and vows to appoint no more field-marshals.
  23.  
  24. American B-24 bombers strike at Messina, Sicily, hitting the ferry terminal
  25. there.  Among the casualties is the Archibishop of Reggio.
  26.  
  27. Hitler appoints Admiral Karl Doenitz Commander-in-Chief of the German
  28. Navy.
  29.  
  30. General Ambrosio replaces Marshal Cavallero, who resigns as Italy's
  31. Chief of General Staff.
  32.  
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  34. Bill Thacker                        military@att.att.com
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  36.  
  37. "Paulus did an about-face on the threshold of immortality." - Adolf Hitler
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