       CRISIS IN THE NORTH
 On June 24, 1941, the elite Soviet
3rd Mechanized Corps stopped the
advancing 6th Panzer Div. of the
XLI Panzer Korps in Lithuania. On
June 25th the Korps commander Gen.
Reinhardt ordered the 1st Panzer 
Div. to attack east and relieve the
pressure on the 6th Panzer Div.  At
the same time, the Soviet 2nd Tank 
Div. began to roll west.
 Their meeting would be the first 
German contact with the new Soviet 
KV-1 and KV-2 heavy tanks. 