When the World Held Its Breath: Fixed Bayonets
When the World Held Its Breath: Fixed Bayonets
As Barbarossa began, Soviet troops at the front were often asleep.
When the Germans struck, their stocks of ammunition and fuel were low without any preparation for a fight and the stockpiles available were often either destroyed or captured within the first days of the conflict. The Red Air Force planes were arranged in neat rows for the Luftwaffeto destroy, leading to over a thousand planes…