Army Group Centre in crisis

16th December 1941: Hitler demands no withdrawals as he falls out with his Generals

On the Eastern front German troops were suffering as temperatures reached minus 35 Celsius.

Hitler had already accepted the resignation of Generalfeldmarschall von Rundstedt commanding Army Group South. Hitler had refused to listen when told the Army Group was overstretched and insisted that they press on to take Rostov - it was only a matter of days bef…