Happy Operation Barbarossa day

[Neilster]

I'm a tad late with this one but happy Operation Barbarossa day everyone. I mean, wargaming would be a much poorer place without this gigantic clash of forces, ideologies and wills.

This is an AI enhanced version of what I think is the first of the German weekly newsreels after the invasion. The subtitles aren't perfect but you can basically follow the action. Be warned that there will be the usual Nazi racial and cultural denigration.

The Wehrmacht look invincible and the Red Army (always referred to as Bolsheviks - this was an ideological struggle) are a hapless rabble. I can't see how this could end badly for Germany at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuaWxgFX3Q

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[Neilster]

Here is an animation of the first six months or so. I find these animations to be a valuable adjunct to reading. They show the spurt and pause nature of advances; especially of armoured forces. His animations in general are excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3p7dxrhl8