Barbarossa Visualized: The Battle of Smolensk [July 1941] [Episode 5]

In this video, we examine the Battle of Smolensk, where the Soviets put up a desperate defense to prevent the Germans from taking a launchpad to Moscow. Millions of men engaged in bloody fighting all over the vicinity of Smolensk and hundreds of thousands of them would not survive until the end of the month. Music: Symphony 5 - Beethoven Drums of the Deep - Kevin MacLeod BTS Prolog - Kevin MacLeod Grim League - Kevin MacLeod Adagio for Strings - Sameul Barber