Hauptmann Ottens (Chef 5. Kompanie / Panzer-Regiment 8 / 10. Panzer-Division), who wears a black uniform Panzertruppen, talks intently with a Soviet tank officer at the Bug who was in the Brest-Litovsk area on September 18, 1939 when the Germans and Russian troops met. In the 1930s, there had been a certain level of technical cooperation between the German Reich and the Soviet Union; apparently the Germans were aware of all Soviet current tank types and were satisfied that the quality of their tanks seemed far superior. In return Hitler had ordered that the Soviet delegates were to be allowed unrestricted access to German tanks and the Luftwaffe. It is reported that the Soviet military protested during inspections at German armaments factories that they were not allowed to see everything. The Germans were surprised to receive these complaints and could not understand the distrustful attitude. The reason behind it was that the Soviets were not honest about their own tank developments and had expected the Germans to act in a similar way. By 1941 the era of this mutual cooperation had ended, and the longplanned Operation Barbarossa was ready to be launched.
Source :
"Panther" by Thomas Anderson
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2011/10/album-foto-operasi-fall-wei-invasi.html
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