Episode 10: Operation Barbarossa

The German invasion of the Soviet Union in WWII, codename Operation Barbarossa, was the single largest military operation in human history. On the morning of June 22 well over a hundred Wehrmacht divisions smashed into the USSR. This same army that had spent the previous years overrunning Poland, Denmark, France, Norway, etc had its sights set on the expanses of the east. Things, however, did not exactly go according to plan. What was meant to a quick lightning war would turn into one of the most brutal, slogging campaigns in human history, and one which would see the eventual defeat of those who launched it. Join us on "No One is Competent" as we examine the first 6 months of the Eastern Front and the decisions that led to it.