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Related: About this forumThe Day The Soviets Nearly Captured Hitler, WW2
- 8 mins. Mark Felton Productions, pub. Feb. 2021. In February 1943, Hitler flew to the HQ of Army Group South on the Eastern Front for critical meetings. Little did he realise that Soviet tanks had broken through and were racing for the airfield where he was about to board his plane to leave.
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles.' Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte.
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The Day The Soviets Nearly Captured Hitler, WW2 (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Aug 2021
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Omnipresent
(6,362 posts)1. I've read a lot on World war II, and Hitler.
Hitler never visited any army group. This is just some more made up bullshit.
Doc Sportello
(7,962 posts)3. You sure about that?
"Adolf Hitler visited the Eastern Front was on December 2, 1941, when he went to Army Group South HQ at Mariupol, Ukraine.
Here he met with Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the supreme commander, and Erich von Manstein, the Chief of Staff, among other commanders present. The reason for the Fuhrers visit was logistical and military problems that beset the Wehrmacht near Rostov."
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/did-hitler-ever-visit-front-lines.html
appalachiablue
(42,956 posts)5. FYI
- Briefing at the HQ of Army Group South at Poltava on 1 June 1942.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Group_South
TheFarseer
(9,500 posts)2. I watch his YouTube channel pretty regularly
Always interesting stuff
underpants
(186,865 posts)4. 👀
Watching later