So far, Army Group South had done a tremendous job, but now they come upon Kiev. And protecting Kiev’s western approaches in almost 20 miles of anti tank works and barbed wire. Thus another way will be needed, but first, Hitler wants the guts ripped out of the area’s defenders and von Kleist had come up with a clever plan to make this happen.
Episode 539-Interview w/ Laurence Rees: The Nazi Mind
British historian Laurence Rees explores the warning learned from studying WWII.
