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War crimes of the Wehrmacht

  • Commissar OrderPlanning for Operation Barbarossa began in June 1940. Adolf Hitler started vague allusions to the operation during December 1940.
  • 2nd Panzer ArmyThe 2nd Panzer Army emerged from the ashes of a rapid campaign in France. On the 5th of October 1941, German high command officially renamed Panzer Group 2…
  • Afrika KorpsThe German Africa Corps formed on the 11th of January 1941. Adolf Hitler designated Erwin Rommel as commander on the 11th of February.