At the end of January, when the Russians had reached the Oder only a hundred miles from Berlin and the General Staff Chief started to demand the evacuation by sea of several German divisions cut off in the Baltic area, Hitler turned on him.

• 1月底，俄国人打到奥得河，离柏林只有一百英里时，这位参谋总长就要求把在波罗的海地区被切断的几师德国军队从海上撤出来。 这时希特勒向他发作起来。