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German Officers and Soldiers, 1941. Second World War. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. '...over a hundred divisions waited along the frontier of divided Poland, ready to pounce at the Fuhrer's bidding...the twenty-four divisions diverted to conquer Greece and Yugoslavia were moving back to take up their proper stations for the attack on Russia'. From "Time To Remember - Operation Barbarossa", 1941 (Reel 2); documentary film about events of 1941, on the Eastern Front and at Pearl Harbour.