January 31, 1943: Germany's Field Marshal Paulus surrenders to Soviets at StalingradJanuary 24, 1943: At Casablanca, Roosevelt and Churchill declare they will accept nothing less than the unconditional surrender of the Axis powersJanuary 30, 1943: Admiral Erich Raeder resigns as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine and is succeeded by Karl Dönitz due to growing dissatisfaction with Adolf Hitler following Germany's defeat in the Battle of the Barents Sea