German infantrymen follow a tank towards Moscow in Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
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Familiarise yourself with a good analysis of Hitler’s personality and foibles, like Ian Kershaw’s Hitler 1936–45: Nemesis. If Hitler’s generals were militarily competent, why did they obey those of his commands that were tactically unsuitable? Read the chronology: you need to know what happened and when.
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