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The greatest tank battle in
history took place here in the
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Ukraine. In June 1941 during
the first week of Operation
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Barbarossa,
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the Nazi invasion of the Soviet
Union, the quiet cornfields and
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small towns of western Ukraine
were awakened by the clanking of
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steel and the thunder of
explosions. The battle of
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Brody was underway. Three
thousand tanks from the Red army
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slammed into 800 Nazi tanks of
the first SS Panzer Corp in an
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enormous conflagration of flesh
and metal. This was the first
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of a series of huge tank battles
along the Russian front that
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would determine the outcome of
World War II. Surprisingly these
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great tank battles have a
connection with a sleepy little
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town in South Australia
thousands of kilometers
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away from here on the other
side of the planet. But more
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importantly they provide insight
into universal war, the great
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controversy that is still raging
today and involves all of us.
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Yes, even you and me. So stay
tuned to hear all about it in
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our new program,
Defeat of Barbarossa.
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It happened in the predawn
darkness of June 22, 1941.
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Sudden hell broke loose as
Hitler's war machine invaded the
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Soviet Union. Tanks rolled
and soldiers swarmed across the
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border while bombs of the
dreaded Luftwaffe screamed
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overhead. The bloodiest land
battle of history began at 3:30
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that fateful June morning. It
was a massive blitzkrieg of the
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the Soviet Union covering a 3000
kilometer front from the Baltic
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states down to the Black Sea. It
was the longest battlefront in
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military history. Hitler
regarded the Soviet Union as his
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natural enemy. He aimed to
destroy its armies, capture its
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vast economic resources
and enslave its population,
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providing the living space that
he believed Germany needed in
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the east. The Germans staged a
three-pronged assault involving
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five million troops, 150
divisions and 3000 tanks. To the
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north they stormed through
Lithuania toward Leningrad now
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called St. Petersburg. Forces
in the middle pillaged their way
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east toward Moscow and to
the south they plowed across the
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the Ukraine toward Kiev and
Stalingrad. Hitler called his
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invasion of the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa after the
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famed ruler of the Holy Roman
Empire. The attack caught Stalin
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unprepared. The Soviets had not
expected the Germans to break
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their secret treaty so suddenly.
Armed with the strategic element
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of surprise the invaders made
startling progress. In just a
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single week German forces
advanced 300 kilometers into
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Soviet territory, destroyed
thousands of aircraft and killed
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and captured the wounded over
half a million Red Army troops.
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Hitler boasted that his Swastika
would soon fly over Moscow
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itself. Initially all went
as planned. The Germans were
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advancing on all fronts. Hitler
had recognized the potential of
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tanks in warfare. He saw them as
one of the most important weapon
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systems on the battlefield. Few
weapons strike enemy soldiers
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with the fear than a fully
loaded tank rolling toward them
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does. These armored fighting
vehicles are specifically
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designed for front line combat
with heavy fire power, strong
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armor, tracks and a powerful
engine providing good battle
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field maneuverability. And due
to its use of tracks rather than
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wheels tanks are like a moving
fortress that can move over
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rugged terrain in adverse
conditions such as mud and be
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positioned on the battlefield
in advantageous locations. The
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Germans designed a series
of battle tanks called Panzers
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and Operation Barbarossa was
designed and planned around the
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mass use of these tanks. Germany
began their live style armored
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campaign known as Blitzkrieg
or lightening war spearheaded
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by heavy concentrations of tanks
combined with motorized and
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mechanized infantry, artillery
and air power designed to break
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through the enemy front and
collapse enemy resistance. This
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strategy was particularly
effective in the south as the
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Panzers led the Nazi offensive
into Ukraine. But the Germans
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weren't the only nation that
had amassed the tank force. The
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Russians had also been busy.
In fact by the start of the war,
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the Soviets had built more
tanks than the rest of the world
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combined, about 22,000 and these
included the iconic T34 model
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which with its wide tracks,
reliable engines heavy armor and
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dual-purpose turret guns was
considered the best medium tank
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in the world. Germany and
the Soviet Union built the best
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tanks of World War II. So as
the tank forces lined up against
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each other in the small town
of Brody western Ukraine, it was
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the clash of titans. Eight
hundred Nazi Panzers slammed
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into 3000 Red Army tanks. It was
the fiercest battle of the whole
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invasion lasting over a week.
The Soviets fought furiously and
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the crews of the German of the
German tank and antitank guns
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found to their horror that the
new Soviet T34 tanks were almost
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immune to their weapons and the
heavier series of Russian tanks
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were impervious to virtually
all German antitank weapons. The
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headquarters of the Soviet 15th
mechanized corp was destroyed
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and its commander wounded.
The Luftwaffe destroyed some 201
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Soviet tanks in this one area
alone. The Five Red Army Corp
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opposing the Germans
were mishandled while being
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concentrated into large powerful
groups. The German troops were
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successful to isolate individual
units and destroy them.
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Meanwhile the Luftwaffe ranged
free over the battlefields
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bombing the Soviets incessantly
and were able to separate the
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supporting Soviet infantry and
deny them resupply of fuel and
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ammunition. Although the Red
Army inflicted heavy losses on
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the German forces and destroyed
hundreds of Panzers, ultimately
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they were out maneuvered by the
Germans and suffered enormous
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losses in tanks. In fact, they
lost over 50% of their tanks.
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That's more than 1500 of their
tanks destroyed. The Battle of
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Brody, the greatest tank battle
in history, was a huge tactical
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victory for Hitler and the Nazi
war machine. But the victory
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came with a cost. The first S.S.
Panzer group had taken a severe
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battering and required time to
regroup. And further the battle
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had taken German forces
away from an early offensive
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against Moscow and slowed down
operation Barbarossa. This delay
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would prove costly. In
1911 exactly 30 years before the
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Battle of Brody a
young Australian engineer and
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inventor named Lance Demoll
designed the first tank. Lance
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was born in the small town of
Wilunger in south Australia and
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moved to Melbourne with his
family when he was seven where
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he completed his schooling.
After leaving school he trained
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as an engineer and draftsman.
While working in the outback as
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a civil engineer, he was having
difficulty with his vehicles
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getting bogged, so he invented
a vehicle with what we now call
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a caterpillar track that
wouldn't get stuck in sand or
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mud. He realized that this
vehicle could be used in war. It
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could be armor plated and
fitted with guns and could drive
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through barbed wire, cross
ditches and trenches without
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getting stuck. He described
it as a mobile fortress. Lance
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sent his design to the British
war office. They politely
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rejected his design as there was
no need for such a machine at
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that time and his plans were
Pidgeon-holed. A friend advised
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him to take his advice to the
German consul. He declined as
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he thought Germany could become
an enemy at some later date.
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With the outbreak of World War
I he redesigned his mobile fort
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and again forwarded it to the
British war office in 1915. They
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requested a working model which
he provided. They liked what
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they saw and recommended it
to the tank board. The name tank
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was given to the vehicle
they were trying to build in an
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effort to keep it top secret.
They didn't want anyone to find
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out what they were working on
and so publicly they described
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it as vehicle designed to carry
water over rough terrain, a
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mobile water tank. That's how
it got its name "tank." The very
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first tank they consequently
developed had several of the
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features from Lance's design.
But the British war office paid
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no royalties to the young
Australian. After World War I
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ended the war office awarded
Lance Demoll expenses for his
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work and awarded him the honor
Commander of the Order of the
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British Empire. And so 30
years after Lance Demoll first
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designed the tank 100s of highly
developed German Panzer tanks
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were moving further east after
their victory at Brody and on to
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Kiev, one of the oldest cities
in eastern Europe and the third
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largest city in
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the Soviet Union. Despite
bad weather and courageous
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resistance the Germans captured
Kiev involving the largest
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encirclement of troops in
history. Nearly the entire
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southwestern front of the
Red Army was encircled with the
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Germans capturing over 600,000
Soviet soldiers, 2642 guns and
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mortars and 64 tanks. It was an
unprecedented defeat for the Red
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Army. The Nazis continued
their relentless and seemingly
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unstoppable march eastward
toward Stalingrad. The city was
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located in southwest Russia on
the Volga river. It was a major
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industrial and communications
center for the Soviet Union in
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the south. Also, it was named
after the Soviet leader, Joseph
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Stalin. This made the city
important to Stalin and also
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important to Hitler who hated
Stalin. The battle began in July
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1942 with the German air force,
the Luftwaffe, bombing along the
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Volga river and then the city of
Stalingrad itself. They reduced
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much of the city to rubble. Soon
the German army moved in and was
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able to take a large portion
of the city. However, the Soviet
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troops were not ready to give up
Fighting in the city was fierce.
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Soviets hid all over the city,
in buildings and even the sewers
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attacking the German soldiers.
This brutal battle began to take
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its toll on the Germans. In
Nervenda, the Soviets gathered
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and launched a fierce counter
attack. They trapped the German
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army inside the city. Soon the
Germans began to run out of food
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Finally weak from lack of
food and freezing from the cold
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winter, the majority of the
German army surrendered. This
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humiliating loss at Stalingrad
left the German troops
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demoralized. Hitler desperately
needed a clear victory over the
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Soviet Union to restore morale
among his troops. He looked to
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the small town of Kursk about
500 kilometers southeast of
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Moscow to provide the
opportunity he needed to finally
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make a breakthrough and once
again he turned to the SS Panzer
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tank corp to lead the way and
bring him victory. German forces
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had trapped a sizeable portion
of the Red Army near Kursk. The
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German leaders believed they
could launch and offensive to
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destroy those forces and turn
the tables against the Soviet
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Union. Hitler planned an all
out assault by German tanks and
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aircraft, but he delayed
the beginning of the operation
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several times and this gave
the Soviets plenty of time to
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organize their defenses. On July
5, 1943, the Germans finally
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launched their attack. They
found little resistance at first
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because the Soviet commander,
Szukoff ordered his lines to
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bend but not to break. The
Germans soon overextended their
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position. The major tank battle
took place at Prokhorovka near
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Kursk on July 12 when over
600 Soviet tanks smashed head-on
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into 300 German tanks from the
second Panzer corp. The fighting
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was some of the fiercest in
the history of tank warfare. The
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Soviets lost about 400 tanks.
About two-thirds of their force.
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German tank losses were smaller
by comparison, up to 80 tanks
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destroyed. But the Germans
weren't able to break through
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the Russian lines and were
too exhausted to continue their
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offensive. And so the momentum
swung to the side of the Soviets
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who eventually won the battle
of Kursk and destroyed the last
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remaining reserves of Germany's
Panzer power. It was the turning
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point of Operation Barbarossa.
The German offensive ended and
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the Soviet offensive began. The
Red Army began reclaiming lost
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territory. By early November
there on the outskirts of Kiev
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and established
their headquarters here at
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the small village of
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Navukitrasi. After three
days of fierce fighting Kiev was
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liberated and three years of
Nazi terror ended. Today this
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victory is commemorated by the
huge motherland monument in the
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heart of Kiev. It stands on the
hill overlooking the city. The
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stainless steel statue stands
62 meters tall with the overall
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structure measuring 102 meters
including its base and weighing
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560 tons. The sword in the
statue's hand is 60 meters long
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and weighs nine tons. With the
left hand holding up a 13 x 8
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meter shield with the state
emblem of the Soviet Union. It
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stands today as a reminder that
with the victory of Kiev the Red
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Army was on the march westward
and they didn't stop until the
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Germans surrendered among
the rubble and ruins of Berlin.
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Operation Barbarossa remains
the largest military operation
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in manpower, area traversed and
casualties in world history. The
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failure of Operation Barbarossa
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resulted in the eventual
defeat of Nazi Germany and is
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considered the turning point
for Hitler and the Nazis. Most
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importantly Operation Barbarossa
opened up the eastern front
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which ultimately became the
biggest theater of war in world
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history. The war had come full
circle. Operation Barbarossa
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began with the greatest
tank battle in history and the
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defeat of the Red Army a Brody.
And just two laters it ended at
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Kursk with another huge tank
battle and the defeat of the
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Nazis and victory for the Red
Army. Yes, the war had come full
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circle. And it reminds of
another war; the universal war
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the war behind all wars. It's
a cosmic conflict between right
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and wrong, between light
and darkness, between God and a
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rebel angel Lucifer.
Surprisingly this war started in
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heaven of all places. You can
read all about it in the Bible.
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Notice what it
says here in Revelation:
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Lucifer who became Satan through
pride and jealousy wanted to
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take the place of God. He wanted
to take over, so he started a
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rebellion, a war in heaven,
a universal war. But Satan lost
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the battle against God and
he and his army of rebel angels
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were cast to this world. And
so planet earth became the arena
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of the universal war. The war
between good and evil, God and
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Satan. Now God had created
a perfect world for our first
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parents, Adam and Eve. But Satan
deceived them into joining his
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rebellion against God. Sin
entered the world and it seemed
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that Satan had won the battle
for planet earth in the great
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universal war. Now all humanity
is involved in this great
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conflict, this universal war
between God and Satan, between
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good and evil. Yes, we're all
involved, even you and me, and
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as we know in our heart of
hearts, we've all sinned and
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joined the rebellion against
God. Listen to what it says in
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the Bible book of
Romans chapter 3 and verse 23:
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In this universal war, the war
between good and evil, between
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God and Satan, the entire human
race has sinned and rebelled
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God. Sin, rebellion, separates
us from God and life. Here's
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what the Bible says in Isaiah
chapter 59 verses 1 and 2:
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Men and women were made for
fellowship with God, to be in
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harmony with their Maker. When
humans sinned they turned away
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from God, they rejected God,
they rebelled against God. And
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there are consequences
associated with rebelling
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against God. Listen to what the
Bible says in Romans chapter 6
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and verse 23.
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So because we've all sinned
and rebelled against God we're
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doomed. But there's good news.
In this universal war between
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God and Satan, God has a
solution. God sent his son Jesus
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to pay the penalty for our sins,
to die in our place. He is our
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substitute. He died in our place
On a hill called Golgotha the
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critical battle in the great
universal war took place and
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when Jesus died on the
cross it appeared that Satan had
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defeated God and won the war.
All the forces of the evil one
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watched with glee as Jesus
breathed his last. They were
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even more delighted when his
limp, lifeless body was placed
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in a borrowed tomb. But
then as the light broke on the
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resurrection morning
Jesus overcame death and emerged
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victorious from the grave.
He's our Savior and if we accept
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him and believe in him our sins
are forgiven and we have eternal
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life. Listen to what the
Bible says in John chapter 3 and
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verse 16...
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And so because Jesus has
paid the penalty for your sins
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whoever you are, wherever
you are and whatever you've done
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your guilt can be healed and
your sins forgiven. Yes the war
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that began in heaven is still
going on in the universe and in
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our hearts. We're all involved
in this continuing universal war
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bad things happen. We fall and
get discouraged and depressed.
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But no matter how long your
guilt and sin have haunted you
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tortured you, crushed you, you
can take it to Jesus just now.
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and come away free and assured
of forgiveness. And here's the
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good news. The universal war,
the war between good and evil,
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between God and Satan has just
about come full circle. It's
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just about over. The same Jesus
who died on the cross is soon to
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return as King of kings and Lord
of lords. The great controversy
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between good and evil will be
over forever. Sin and evil will
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be destroyed and this earth
will be restored to its original
00:24:44.41\00:24:48.68
perfect condition. That's
the kind of world I'm looking
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forward to. How about you? Does
the idea of living in perfect
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peace and harmony appeal to you?
If it does why not decide right
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now as we pray to be ready
to meet Jesus when he comes.
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Dear heavenly Father, we are all
soldiers in the battle of life.
00:25:09.30\00:25:14.24
We are living behind enemy
lines Please give us strength to
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endure the struggles and
challenges of the universal war.
00:25:19.41\00:25:23.62
Lord we know the outcome of this
great controversy and we want to
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be on the winning side. We know
that Jesus will be victorious
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and that he is coming to make
all things new. May we be ready
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to meet Jesus when he comes.
We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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