On 22nd June 1941 Adolf Hitler ordered his army to attack the Soviet Union in an action that he said would make the world hold its breath. From a front running from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea 3 million axis soldiers embarked on Operation Barbarossa. Three Army Groups struck eastwards. Army Group South, with the bulk of the satellite armies, struck towards Odessa and the Dniper River, slicing across the Ukraine. Army Group Centre struck into the heart of the Belorussia, while von Leeb’s smaller Army Group North had Leningrad as an operational objective. Here is the story of Army Group North and its Finnish allies.
Turns 1-5
Units of Army Group North struck across the Soviet border as ordered and quickly pushed aside any border defences and units stationed there. Soon enough they were streaming into Lithuania.
Kaunas has fallen and German units begin to stream eastwards. Lithuanians hail German troops as liberators.
Turns 1-5
Units of Army Group North struck across the Soviet border as ordered and quickly pushed aside any border defences and units stationed there. Soon enough they were streaming into Lithuania.
Kaunas has fallen and German units begin to stream eastwards. Lithuanians hail German troops as liberators.