Stalingrad fell on February 2, 1943. Hitler promoted Sixth Army commander Friedrich Paulus to field marshal, a veiled directive to commit suicide, which Paulus refused to follow.
With Hitler increasingly distracted and stressed by the war, Joseph Goebbels began his own initiative to strengthen the German war effort.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
“Selig Sind die Toten” from Ein deutsches Requiem.
Composed in 1868 by Johannes Brahms.
Performed by the University of Chicago orchestra and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Source.
Closing War Theme
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