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The OUN's stated immediate goal was the re-establishment of a united, quasi-independent [[Nazi]]-aligned, mono-ethnic [[nation state]] on the territory that would include parts of modern day Russia, [[Poland]], and [[Belarus]]. Violence was accepted as a political tool against foreign as well as domestic enemies of their cause, which was to be achieved by a national revolution led by a [[dictatorship]] that would drive out what they considered to be occupying powers and set up a government representing all regions and social classes.<ref>Myroslav Yurkevich, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Orhanizatsiia ukrainskykh natsionalistiv) ''This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).''</ref>
The OUN's stated immediate goal was the re-establishment of a united, quasi-independent [[Nazi]]-aligned, mono-ethnic [[nation state]] on the territory that would include parts of modern day Russia, [[Poland]], and [[Belarus]]. Violence was accepted as a political tool against foreign as well as domestic enemies of their cause, which was to be achieved by a national revolution led by a [[dictatorship]] that would drive out what they considered to be occupying powers and set up a government representing all regions and social classes.<ref>Myroslav Yurkevich, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Orhanizatsiia ukrainskykh natsionalistiv) ''This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).''</ref>
===Battle of Kharkov===
As the German advanced on Moscow in the summer of 1941, and against the advice of Germany's military commanders, Hitler suddenly detoured the center line of advance south, creating a huge traffic jam as the central column had to cross the southern advance. This slowed the advance on Moscow to which they did not arrive until October 16, 1941, as the snowy season set in.
The army group sent south engaged the ill-prepared Red Amry 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."
===Siege of Leningrad===
===Siege of Leningrad===