num_pages: 243
description: When Hitler initiated Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, he caught the Soviet Union completely by surprise. At breathtaking speed his armies swept East, slaughtering the ill-prepared Soviet forces. His greatest military gains of the entire World War II were made in a few short months, and the largest single country that he conquered was the Ukraine. Ukraine's capital, Kiev, was circled, assaulted and overrun, and among the city's defenders who were captured and incarcerated were many of the members of the sparkling 1939 Dynamo Kiev football team, arguably the best in Europe before the war.
language: English
title: Dynamo: Defending the Honour of Kiev
titlecomplete: Dynamo: Defending the Honour of Kiev
genres: Ukraine, Sports, Nonfiction, History, War, Soccer, Historical, Football, World War II
ratings_count: 392
places: Kyiv
publisher: Trafalgar Square