“The German Army is tired. The vain effort to defeat Russia's armies has used up its equipment and reduced its morale.”

—  Walther von Brauchitsch

Quoted in "Kaltenborn Edits the War News" - Page 25 - by Hans Kaltenborn - 1942

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