he had jumped on to the railings and plunged into the river by the germans began firing asked him besant death in captivity he shouted those were the last words he addressed to his soul. in accordance with their plan to attack the soviet union the germans had amassed three armies close to the border among these army group center was the most powerful its mission was to encircle and destroy soviet troops and belorussia and move on to moscow vyas money. the german strategy relied on surprise attack to demoralize the adversary from the opening seconds. the sound of the explosions was deafening before that i had seen war only in films . i thought it was an earthquake but i just couldn't believe there was a war going on. the first hours of june twenty second one nine hundred forty one. a member of the military band asleep in his barracks on the second floor of breast fortress. within minutes of the attack bullets and shells fragments and riddled the barracks walls. i remember dust all over the place. where. i could barely breathe i wrapped myself up in a blankets. then i heard an order from y