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When Moscow was... almost in sight, the mood both of commanders and troops changed. With amazement and disappointment we discovered in late October a… - Günther Blumentritt
" "When Moscow was... almost in sight, the mood both of commanders and troops changed. With amazement and disappointment we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist. During these weeks enemy resistance stiffened. ... Marshal Zhukov had now assumed command. ... For weeks his men had been constructing a defensive position in depth. ... Skilfully camouflaged strong points, wire entanglements and thick minefields now filled the forests which covered the western approaches to Moscow.
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About Günther Blumentritt
Günther Blumentritt (10 February 1892 – 12 October 1967) was a German officer in World War I, who became a Staff Officer under the Weimar Republic and went on to serve as a general for Nazi Germany during World War II.
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The battle of Moscow was the first major German defeat on land during the Second World War. It marked the end of the Blitzkrieg technique which had won Hitler and his Wehrmacht such spectacular victories. ... It was in Russia that the first fatal decisions were taken. From the political point of view, perhaps the most fatal of all had been the decision to attack that country in the first place. ... Many of our leaders had grossly underestimated the new enemy. This was partly due to ignorance. ... Several of our responsible senior officers had never campaigned in the East, having spent the whole of the First World War on the Western Front, and had no idea of the difficulties presented by the terrain nor of the toughness of the Russian fighting man. They chose to ignore the warnings of the experts.
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