Created by Tom Horn on 30 Jul 2010, Last Update on 30 Jul 2010

Aufbau Ost - 8 Aug 1940

The code name for German mobilization for the invasion of the Soviet Union. On this day Hitler ordered Walter Warlimont, Deputy Chief of Alfred Jodl, to determine the positions of Soviet troops in the East.

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Tags : Germany,Soviet Union,Domestic,Europe

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