For educational purposes<br /><br />On 22 June 1941, German tanks rolled into the Soviet Union in an offensive which was to claim the lives of nearly 49 million people. <br /><br />Over 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. <br /><br />Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front.<br /><br />This episode covers the opening phase of the war, as the forces of Germany focused their eyes on the prize of Moscow, and the destruction of Russia.
