[yarddog]

Well they made a real effort to resupply Paulus but just couldn’t do it. Lost a lot of airplanes and pilots trying.

BTW, the general’s name is actually just Paulus rather than Von Paulus. I had a history professor tell the class that. I looked it up and sure enough he was right.

For some reason just about everyone puts the “Von” in there tho.

[colorado tanker]

I did some googling and by golly you are right, there is no "von" before Paulus. I found plenty of articles and websites still using it, though. He was one of the few to reach senior general rank who was not from an aristocratic family.

The Luftwaffe did not have enough airlift to supply an army of this size. Hitler relied on Goering's seat of the pants assurance that the Luftwaffe could do it despite the protests of commanders on the ground.

[surchris]

A history professor, and you looked it up ?

http://persona.rin.ru/eng/view/f/0/33718/paulus-friedrich-wilhelm-von-paulus

He has always been von Paulus.