From 'Tank War' by Janusz Piekalkiewicz Quote:
Tuesday 16th December 1941
The German Wehrmacht High Command announced:
The enemy suffered heavy losses on Monday in local fighting in various sectors of the Eastern front. In North Africa, we again waged heavy defensive fighting west of Tobruk. In a counter-stroke, German and Italian troops smashed powerful enemy units.
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On Tuesday 16 December 1941, Hitler in his order of the day called on his troops on the Eastern front to put up "fanatical resistance." The OKH was determined to hold the front line at all costs; but there was no choice except retreat, and even Hitler's harshest commands could do nothing to change that.
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