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Operation Barbarossa

Just a few officers of the Soviet Command doubted that there would be war with Germany. But what was the timing? The scout reports were controversial. In April 1940 Hitler signed the operation Barbarossa, and heavy war machinery started making its way to the boundaries of the USSR. However, the very first battles in June 1941 at the border at the Brest Fortress, near Kiev and Minsk broke the German design of Blitzkrieg, a ‘lightning war’. Massive losses sustained by the retreating Red Army could well be explained but the mistakes had to be paid for by both the soldiers and generals. And German panzer groups were dashing to reach Moscow.

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  • Originally Aired December 19, 2011
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network History
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created October 19, 2021 by
    Kim Lynge
  • Modified October 11, 2023 by
    Dragahan