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The army group sent south engaged the ill-prepared, ill-equipped Red Army forces at [[Kharkov]]. 600,000 Red Army troops were quickly encircled and taken prisoner without much of a fight.  Hitler declared it, "the greatest military victory of all time."

The army group sent south engaged the ill-prepared, ill-equipped Red Army forces at [[Kharkov]]. 600,000 Red Army troops were quickly encircled and taken prisoner without much of a fight.  Hitler declared it, "the greatest military victory of all time."

Most of the Russian POWs became [[slave]] labor in German POWs camps;<ref>The USSR did not become a party to the [[Geneva Convention]] until 1960. So, although Germany was a signatory, Nazi Germany felt to compunction to honor the terms of the convention given German POWs and civilians were also subjected to human rights abuses by their Soviet counterparts.</ref> some Ukrainian POWs were recruited into German fighting units in both [[eastern Europe]], where they committed atrocities against the civilian population, and the Western Front to guard the Atlantic Wall in advance of, and during, the [[Normandy Invasion]].

Most of the Russian POWs became [[slave]] labor digging tank traps for Soviet [[T-34]]s;<ref>The USSR did not become a party to the [[Geneva Convention]] until 1960. So, although Germany was a signatory, Nazi Germany felt to compunction to honor the terms of the convention given German POWs and civilians were also subjected to human rights abuses by their Soviet counterparts.</ref> some Ukrainian POWs were recruited into German fighting units in both [[eastern Europe]], where they committed atrocities against the civilian population, and the Western Front to guard the Atlantic Wall in advance of, and during, the [[Normandy Invasion]].

===Siege of Leningrad===

===Siege of Leningrad===