One Fatal Mistake: How Hitler's Order Destroyed an Entire German Army in World War 2

Описание: Operation Bagration 1944: Hitler's no-retreat order destroyed Army Group Centre in World War 2's largest German defeat. Over 300,000 casualties in 5 weeks.
In summer 1944, Nazi Germany's Army Group Centre held Belarus with 800,000 soldiers. But Adolf Hitler's fatal decision—forbidding any retreat and designating fortress cities like Vitebsk, Orsha, Mogilev, and Bobruisk to be held at all costs—set the stage for catastrophe.
When the Soviet Union launched Operation Bagration on June 22, 1944, using masterful deception (maskirovka) and overwhelming force, the results were devastating. This video explores:

How Soviet deception convinced Germany the attack would come in Ukraine
Why Hitler rejected all withdrawal plans from Field Marshal Ernst Busch
The destruction of the fortress cities in days
The encirclement at Minsk that trapped 100,000+ German soldiers
How 28 of 38 divisions were completely destroyed
Why this defeat exceeded even Stalingrad in scope

Operation Bagration remains history's lesson in the catastrophic cost of strategic inflexibility. Subscribe for more in-depth World War 2 history.
Footage used in this video is from Public Domain sources.

Sources include:
U.S. National Archives
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive

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