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Hitler loses sleep over Barbarossa

28th July 1941: He has decided not to press on to Moscow immediately but his Generals disagree with him

Jul 28, 2026
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At the Führer's headquarters, April 1941. The Fuhrer discusses the operations in the southeastern theatre of war with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Field Marshal von Brauchitsch (centre), and the Chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, Field Marshal Keitel

The original plan for Barbarossa had called for a massive central thrust into Russia that…

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