An emergency meeting was called by the high-ranking officers of the Soviet Union after the surprise military attack by Germany on June 22, 1941.
The Soviet Union was unprepared for the onslaught the Germans were throwing at them on the ground and in the air.
A long wooden table with several chairs on each side and one at the head of the table dominated the austere room. Men in dark-green military uniforms brightened by gold, red or blue trim indicating their status shuffled through mounds of papers. They began addressing their government"s weak air force strength, caused by the devastating air strikes that wiped out almost half of their air defense.
A general flipped to another page from the myriad papers in front of him and began reading it. He stopped and shook his head. “What is this
