German General Received Permission to Retreat After the Trap Had Already Closed
Автор: Decision Points WW2
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June 24, 1944, 3:40 PM: General Zeitzler phones Hitler's headquarters at Berchtesgaden. General Reinhardt's words are relayed: "The last possible minute has arrived."
Hitler grants permission for LIII Corps to retreat from Vitebsk—but orders one division to stay and die.
The permission is useless. By the time it arrives, the city is already encircled.
June 26, morning: General Friedrich Gollwitzer, commanding 28,000 men, abandons his heavy equipment and attempts breakout. Within hours, Soviet roadblocks crush the columns.
June 27: LIII Corps ceases to exist. 30,000 men—killed or captured.
Hitler's permission arrived 48 hours too late. The trap had closed before the words reached Vitebsk.
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