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Operation Barbarossa required the German Army to form into Army Group North, Center and South. The North would march to the Baltics and Leningrad, Center would take Smolensk and Moscow while Army Group South drove through the Ukraine capturing Kiev before proceeding eastward and capturing the oil-rich region of the Caucasus. Soviet forces at Kiev made it necessary for half of Army Group Center’s tank to be diverted to assist Army Group South. On October 2, 1941 the Soviets were defeated after 10 days of fighting.