They may have been better off had they stuck with that model.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-histo...no-retreat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-histo...no-retreat
Quote:n this day, in one of his first acts as the new commander in chief of the German army, Adolf Hitler informs General Franz Halder that there will be no retreating from the Russian front near Moscow. "The will to hold out must be brought home to every unit!"
Halder was also informed that he could stay on as chief of the general army staff if he so chose, but only with the understanding that Hitler alone was in charge of the army's movements and strategies.
