moscow volgograd st. petersburg.. battle of moscow- October 1941 and January 1942. battle of moscolw. furious that his army had been unable to take moscow, hitler dismissed his cammander in cheif in december 194`, and toook personal charge of the wehrmacht (german army) hitler took control and made all military decisions afterwards. this led many experienced german officers to go agains hitler. hitler surrounded himself with staff officers with little or no recent combat experience-why? because then they would be easily munipulated. the siege of leningrad. it started on september 8, 1941 when the last land connection to the city was scut off by germany. lifting of the siege took place on january 27, 872 days after it began. it was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and one of the most colstly in terms of casualties. reports of cannibalism appeared in the winter of 1941-1942 after all pirds rats and pets were eaten by survivors. hungry gangs attacked and ate defenseless people. leningrad poliece even formed a special unit to combat cannibalism. people often died on the streets and citizens shortly became accustomed to the look of death. finally a successful russin conter offensive stallingrad drained necessary resources the germans needed to continue the blockade and evenually it failed. the germans never took leningard but it was one of the most costly conflicts russia had ever faceda red army: 1017881 killed captured or missing. 2418185 were wounded and sick. erwin rommel- the desert fox. george patton. operation torch. the british american invasion of french north africa started on november 8, 1942. by mind 1943 we had defeated the geramans, italions and the cichy france. attacked weakest part, itally. italion government quickly retired.
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