12/19 – OKH Under Hitler

Hitler (R) with Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini (L). Mussolini's "hands on" approach to military leadership - which Hitler emulated - ended up handicapping both Axis armies. (Wikipedia) On this day in 1941, Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler appointed himself leader of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), or High Command of the German Army. The…