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On Mon. 01 Dec 1941 Three German infantry divisions and one German arm.....

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Three German infantry divisions and one German armored division advanced along the Minsk-Moscow highway, penetrating through the lines of the Soviet 33rd Army, capturing Naro-Fominsk 43 miles southwest of Moscow, Russia.

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