Army Group North 1941
On 8 September 1941 the spearheads of German Army Group North reached the outskirts of Leningrad. The capture of the city seemed possible, but then Adolf Hitler gave the order to halt the advance. We offer an analysis of what turned out to be one of the most fateful decisions of World War II.

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