 June 21, 1941, with treacherous assault, Germany declares war on Soviet Russia. Even before Hitler's proclamation had been spoken, Nazi bombers were taking toll of hundreds of innocents and untold numbers of homes and buildings. Moscow in three weeks was Hitler's promise to his then weary people, but he did not know the Russians. With lightning-like speed, the Red Army assembled and went into action. Its men and its tanks were ready, ready to fight the greatest defensive battle the world has ever known. But the Soviet answered with guns and prisoners. Prisoners amazed at the Red Army fury. Prisoners disillusioned and weary. Every man, woman, and child in Russia joined in the fight. In the Urals, women manned the munition factory machines, doing the work of their men who had left to face the foe. And they looked ahead, for Russian winters are bitter and troops must keep on the move. Ski's were cut, shaped, and made ready. Tanks reconditioned for more duty. Stalin, on November 7th in Red Square, Moscow, rallied his fighting troops. With the German Army only 30 miles away, Russia's army was ready to deal with the treacherous enemy. Red Square to the battlefront, that was the order of the day. Russian winter had arrived, Russia's greatest ally, and all Russia was ready to fight. The Germans had been stopped and hurled back. They had lost their first great battles of the war, skillful Russian gunnery, and unending vigilance had stymied the German blitz. Dear soldiers know that have the will to fight. Here the fateful and incredible parallel of the Napoleonic campaign occurred. Here the Nazi spearhead that had taken rust off and forced it to flee for safety was broken. With each new Nazi gain, the Russians pushed them back, relentlessly, irresistibly. The indomitable Soviet cavalry fighters harassed the enemy everywhere. Men trained to fight to the last. Men who can stand the bitter winds and biting cold. Soviet airmen, skilled and fearless, ready and willing to give their all to knock out the enemy. The retreating Nazis are wounded, how it did two ton of salt tanks. Each monster, mounting in its turret, a heavy four inch gun, a machine gun and smaller arms. This offensive was not according to the Nazi plan. Russia was prepared. Prepared to meet the threat mass of material had not the Soviet.