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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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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