I recall that Hitler believed the attack would come from the southern sector not in the middle, and as always der Führer is correct. The Soviets also managed to keep more troops in the attacking sector though maskirovka, and the Germans had no idea of the true number of the Red Army tanks in the main offensive area. So the Germans had actually moved their armor strength in the southerh sector.

I´ll be back with some more details later on.

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