union and germany have become noticeably warmer foreign ministers of the two states motto of an ribbentrop sign a non-aggression pact. in september one nine hundred thirty nine german troops invaded poland. this is german commander hines good video on his tanks capture the breast fortress at that time part of polish territory. this is rare footage joint so that in german military parades in accordance with the secret deal to divide europe the german military hands breast over to soviet troops in less than two years time on will again launch an assault on breast fortress fighting against the same troops lives in the interim dispenser units will have gained valuable experience in successful offensive operations in europe. and. ashore and we have the most insane knowledge ain't to communicate between the time. headphones. and that allowed us to react small quickly. the russian tanks couldn't communicate with each other and whereas we could for example withdraw and then attack from the sites. june twenty fourth one of the most tragic days for the defenders of the fortress during another attemp

how unexpected was the invasion i mean hitler and stalin had signs the molotov ribbentrop pact making them allies on. easy allies of course but allies nonetheless they were allies and the soviet union was caught by surprise and this was stalin was great. stalin was not naive but he thought that germany would not attack in nine hundred forty one he thought the attack would come late and he believed that he could use this pact to develop the soviet union's and sphere of influence and the same time. the red army and transferred industry you're on your own mountains but in fact he got it very very badly wrong and of course the red army was course deeply unprepared in nine hundred forty one your book is about the sort of human story behind the how did it develop militarily cheering the current. beginning and nine hundred forty one on the road i mean was that. by the order of nine hundred forty one the roads between two and three million in terms of killed missing and captured i think few are in the world could sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not ma

what happened how unexpected was the invasion i mean hitler and stalin had signs the mall itself ribbentrop pact making them allies onesie allies of course but allies nonetheless they were allies and the soviet union was caught by surprise and this was stalin and his great blunder stalin was not naive but he thought that germany would not attack in nineteen forty one he thought the attack would come late and he believed that he could use this product to develop the soviet union sounds for the same time really on the right on me and transfer industry is beyond me you're a mountains but in fact he got it very very badly wrong and of course the red army was course deeply unprepared in nine hundred forty one your book is about this is a human story behind the how did it develop militarily during the conflicts at the beginning and nine hundred forty one the road i made was that. by the autumn of one thousand four hundred one of the last between two and three million tons of killed in the same account should i think few of them on as in the world to sustain that level of punishment and still carr