In a couple of weeks, the German Army had advanced through eastern Poland, the Baltic States and Belarus and was entering Russia.
Army Group Center reached Smolensk, halfway to Moscow, in early July, but it took a month to take the city. The Red Army, despite its huge losses, was not collapsing as expected, but rather growing stronger, and it was becoming increasingly doubtful that the USSR could be defeated by winter.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
Night on Bald Mountain
Composed in 1867 by Modest Mussorgsky. Public domain.
Performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. Public domain recording. Source.
Closing War Theme
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