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| | WWII Chapter 43 |
 | | In December, Major-General Gehlen, in command of German Military Intelligence on the Eastern Front, had warned OKH in general, and Hitler in particular, of the tremendous build-up of Russian strength, particularly on the Vistula, which threatened East Prussia and, through it, Prussia, Berlin and the heart of the Reich. |
 | | It came from the 1st Ukrainian Front, which was facing the German XLVIII Corps of the 4th Panzerarmee across the lower Vistula at Baranow. |
 | | To the North, the 3rd Belorussian Front under Chernyakhovsky had pressed forward, overcoming and destroying the 3rd Panzerarmee and approaching, as January drew to a close, within 30 miles of Konigsberg. |
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