German High Command challenged

26th July 1941: Hitler's sudden change in priorities for the war in Russia are not easily understood by his most senior commanders

Which way forward now? A German soldier inside a Half-track during Barbarossa.

On 19th July, Hitler had issued his Fuhrer Directive No. 33. This was an entirely new conception of Operation Barbarossa's objectives. Moscow would no longer be the primary objective, and substantial forces, especially panzers, would be diverted from Army Group Centre to its n…