Operation Barbarossa: Germany’s Race to Leningrad | Full Animated Campaign

Operation Barbarossa begins. On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched the largest land invasion in history against the Soviet Union. In the north, Army Group North raced through the Baltic states toward one of its most important objectives: Leningrad. This full animated campaign follows the opening battles of the northern front — from the initial breakthrough and the race to the Dvina to Raseiniai, Pskov, Soviet resistance at Luga, and the German drive toward Leningrad. Follow the campaign through detailed animated battle maps, unit movements, armored engagements, tactical decisions, and the rapidly changing front line of the Eastern Front in 1941.