Guderian urges continued thrust to Moscow

23rd August 1941: General Guderian tells Hitler that Moscow is the vital objective and that they should not delay anymore.

Generaloberst Heinz Guderian of Panzergruppe II during Operation Barbarossa, July 1941.

The tensions within the German High Command over the objectives for Barbarossa continued. At the end of July 1941, parts of Army Group Centre - until then thrusting as quickly as possible towards Moscow - had ground to a halt and gone on the defensive. Hitler, despite