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Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) — Historical Film Footage

Relocation of Soviet Citizens

Soviet Union, Autumn 1941
[Silent, 1:57]

German forces launched Operation "Barbarossa," the invasion of the Soviet Union, on June 22, 1941. The German army made rapid initial progress in the campaign into Soviet territory. In this German military footage, German soldiers separate women and children from men in a Soviet village.

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