“The vast-ness of Russia devours us.”

— Gerd von Rundstedt

In the summer of 1942. Quoted in "Inside Hitler's Germany: Life Under the Third Reich" - Page 127 - by Matthew Hughes, Chris Mann - History - 2002

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