Adolf Hitler5 December 1940
Hitler's staff present their plan for Operation Otto, the invasion of Russia
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Hitler's staff present their plan for Operation Otto, the invasion of Russia
Announces plan to surround & the Red Army north & south of the Pripet marshes
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