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> Soviet command expected attack on south side through Ukraine and explains concentration of forces there.
Fugate mentions this from the Axis perspective on his book on Operation Barbarossa. The Germans did entertain the idea of concentrating their strength on the right (southern) arm to take advantage of its flat and open terrain, but dismissed the idea and focused on the northern flank because they expected difficulties in sending supplies from Germany to the Ukraine via Southeastern Europe.