1. Hitlers Invasion of Russia
The German strategy was to simultaneously attack Leningrad, Moscow and Smolensk and they began their attack with a massive artillery bombardment which caught the Russians by surprise and within the first 48 hours of the campaign the Luftwaffe had destroyed 2000 Russian aircraft, handing air superiority over to the Germans. ... Hitler favored a concentrated attack on Leningrad and Ukraine but with the fall of Smolensk his generals presumed that Moscow would become the main objective. ... After the besieging of Leningrad, Hitler ordered the central infantry to continue their push for Moscow with...
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