On June 22, 1941, Hitler's Germany launched "Operation Barbarossa", the attack on the Soviet Union, the largest invasion in military history. In June 2019, twelve dusty notebooks and a multitude of loose documents were discovered in Germany; the diaries of Oberleutnant Wilhelm Sander, a young officer of the 11th Panzer-Regiment who participated in the enormous campaign. Every day, Sander, in a brutally honest manner, painstakingly recorded his experiences, his impressions and the events he witnessed.
Now transcribed and translated for the first time, they offer a brutally honest, intimate and fascinating view of the deadly and merciless nature of the war on the Eastern Front, from the summer of 1941 until the eventual German retreat during of the terrible winter of 1941/1942. while providing a unique insight into the thought world of a highly politicized German Wehrmacht officer and member of the NSDAP.
Follow the path of Leutnant Friedrich Sander, Panzer officer of the German Wehrmacht during Operation Barbarossa, the attack against the Soviet Union.
In the first part of a two-part film, we follow Leutnant Sander on the arduous and costly race to Leningrad and discover the deadly and terrifying objectives of the German campaign in the East.
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