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The German Army Moves Into Russia: 1941: The Early Successes

"I therefore decided today to once again lay the fate and future of the German Reich and our people in the hands of our soldiers."
from the Fuhrer's speech to the German people, June 22nd, 1941.

 Early morning. June 22, 1941. German soldiers cross over the border into the Soviet Union. Barbarossa had begun.
 Luftwaffe planes rush into the Soviet Union
 German infantry crosses the border. A heavy machine gun fire covers them
 June 23rd, 1941. Grodno falls. German soldiers move into the burning town.
June 24th, 1941. The fortress of Brest-Litovsk is under siege by the Germans

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