Hitler wants to attack Soviet Russia

29th July 1940: The most senior staff of the German High Command are informed of Hitler's plan to invade Russia

Planning conference at the Berghof, 29th July 1940: Hitler in animated conversation with (l to r) General Franz Halder (Chief of Staff of the Army High Command (OKH), Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)) and Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch (Commander-in-Chief of the German Army).

In the weeks after the victor…