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Axis plot to move Italian troops to Russian front surfaces
Report outlines Hitler’s winter strategy to leverage Italian forces in the Russian trenches while he redirects German troops to North Africa. Mussolini criticizes the plan, citing Italy’s climate as deadly in Russian winters. Also notes Hungarian and Romanian troop numbers and a skeleton German force for winter.
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