Hitler's order to deny the retreat and regrouping of the sixth panzer army at Stalingrad was quite a foolish move on his part. Alot of good soldiers died because he thought he was a brilliant military commander.

I don't recall the code name of the operation but there was a raid in Oran on some Vichy controlled port the night before operation Torch that was a complete failiure and resulted in the lives of many men.

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