World War: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Bringing Back An Army

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Adolf Hitler, with the audacity of a boxer who tells his opponent the exact moment when he plans to put in the knock-out punch, announced last week that his supreme push was coming.

Then it came.

It was apparently a monster drive at the two flanks of Moscow. It had its beginnings at points about 200 miles southwest and northwest of the capital. It developed slowly, beginning with heavy bombings of communications (see map), continuing with the usual mechanized thrusts and infantry attacks.

It was a gigantic operation. It was designed to split the three fronts once and for all. If...

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