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German armor played a pivotal role in Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union in June, 1941. In this program we look at the German tanks, their role, deployment, and the tactics in the first critical weeks of the Nazi invasion. Time and again, German Panzer divisions led the breakthroughs through the Soviet lines of defense and made possible the stunning advance of German forces. This episode features rare archive film, informative 3-D graphics, new footage of surviving machines, and the views of some of the leading authorities on armored warfare, including David Fletcher of the Royal Tank Museum, German army veteran Gerry Majewski, and author & historian Bob Carruthers.