The One Mistake Hitler Made That Cost Him Moscow. Operation Barbarossa
This is the story of four years that decided the outcome of World War II. The rapid blitzkrieg of the summer of 1941 and Hitler's fateful decision to turn Guderian's tanks from Moscow to Kyiv. The siege of Leningrad and the winter of hunger. German tanks thirty kilometers from the Kremlin—and the Soviet counteroffensive that pushed them back. The rush to the Caucasian oil fields, which turned into an obsession—Stalingrad. A city fought for house by house, room by room, and where Paulus's 6th Army met its end in the snow. And finally, the Battle of Kursk—the largest tank battle in history, after which the German army would never again launch an offensive in the east.
⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 — Invasion. How Hitler prepared "Barbarossa" and why Stalin didn't believe in the attack
04:05 — Blitzkrieg. The defeat at Minsk and the fatal turn of tanks toward Kyiv instead of Moscow
08:20 — Moscow held firm. The counteroffensive, Guderian's removal, and the US entry into the war
12:22 — The road south. Operation Blau, the push for the Caucasus oil fields, and the first assault on Stalingrad
16:42 — Stalingrad. House-by-house fighting, encirclement, and the destruction of Paulus's 6th Army
20:33 — The Kursk Bulge. The largest tank battle and the turning point on the Eastern Front
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