Soviet Perspective: Operation Barbarossa
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In this video we look at the Soviet Perspective of the Soviet Invasion of the Soviet Union. How they explained the defeats, the prelude and the international reactions. For this we look at official German translation of the official History of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union (6 Volumes).
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Szosa pod Lwowem. Widoczny leżący w przydrożnym rowie radziecki czołg KW-1, Sieredzki, Public domain, colorized by vonKickass
Wkroczenie wojsk niemieckich do Nowogrodu. Żołnierze maszerują wśród doszczętnie zniszczonych budynków, National Digital Archives, Public domain
Soviet aircraft from the 15th Fighter Regiment of the 8th Mixed Air Division, destroyed by Luftwaffe strikes, abandoned in the southern part of the Kaunas airfield, June 22, 1941, https://waralbum.ru/785/, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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Geschichte des Großen Vaterländischen Krieges der Sowjetunion. Band 2: Die Abwehr des wortbrüchigen Überfalls des faschistischen Deutschlands auf die Schaffung der Voraussetzungen für den grundlegenden Umschwung im Kriege. Bd. 2, Deutscher Militärverlag: Berlin, German Democratic Republic, 1963.
Geschichte des Großen Vaterländischen Krieges der Sowjetunion. Band 1: Die Vorbereitung und Entfesselung des zweiten Weltkrieges durch die imperialistischen Mächte. Bd. 1, Deutscher Militärverlag: Berlin, German Democratic Republic, 1962.
Geschichte des Großen Vaterländischen Krieges der Sowjetunion. Band 6: Die Ergebnisse des großen Vaterländischen Krieges. Bd. 6, Deutscher Militärverlag: Berlin, German Democratic Republic, 1968.
Telpuchowski, Boris Semjonowitsch: Die sowjetische Geschichte des Großen Vaterländischen Krieges 1941 - 1945. hg. von Hillgruber, Andreas/Jacobsen, Hans-Adolf, Bernard & Graefe Verlag für Wehrwesen: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1961.
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Lorbeer, Hans-Joachim: Westmächte gegen die Sowjetunion 1939-145, 1. Auflage, Rombach: Freiburg (Breisgau), Germany, 1975 (Einzelschriften zur militärischen Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges 18).
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https://www.tankarchives.com/2015/07/common-questions-red-army-afvs-in.html
00:00 Intro
00:53 Prelude
04:08 Why not ready?
07:25 Explanation for Defeats
14:20 Hard Fighting
15:22 International reactions
16:47 Source Discussion
18:22 Summary
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