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A Russian Child , 1941. Second World War: the Siege of Leningrad. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. 'A city suffering all that a city could suffer, yet refusing to give in even though three parts surrounded...A dead bear not only refusing to lie down, but actually using his claws. In her agony, Russia under Stalin, like Russia once under Alexander, found again the passionate courage of a people who loved their land'. From "Time To Remember - Operation Barbarossa", 1941 (Reel 3); documentary film about events of 1941, on the Eastern Front and at Pearl Harbour.