On September 1, 1939 mankind was driven into the second devastating world war catastrophe of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler successfully deceived everybody about his true intentions – both the Western powers and the Soviet Union with its dictator Stalin at the top. The German blitzkrieg tactics seemed to come off perfectly. In the middle of the year 1941 large areas in Europe and parts of Northern Africa were conquered by the invaders. But in the end everything was to turn out completely different.