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Erich Marcks, German general in WWII who planned Operation Barbarossa (died 1944)
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Erich Marcks
German World War II general (1891–1944)
Erich Marcks was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating what was later known as A–A line as the goal for the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Barbarossa
1941 Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII
Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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