Operation Barbarossa
-Operation Barbarossa, code named “Red Beard” was a German attack on Russia on June 1941
-Complete surprise for Russia despite warnings
-Breaks non-aggression pact
-2000 mile long front
-Blitzkrieg tactics surprise Red Army
-Nazis briefly seen as liberators
-Russian peasants began scorched earth policy (burning all crops and shelters)
-Leningrad was besieged, captured Kiev, reached the Crimea and on the outskirts of Moscow
-Cold winter weather halts Germans
-Almost 2 million Red Army troops taken prisoner
-Complete surprise for Russia despite warnings
-Breaks non-aggression pact
-2000 mile long front
-Blitzkrieg tactics surprise Red Army
-Nazis briefly seen as liberators
-Russian peasants began scorched earth policy (burning all crops and shelters)
-Leningrad was besieged, captured Kiev, reached the Crimea and on the outskirts of Moscow
-Cold winter weather halts Germans
-Almost 2 million Red Army troops taken prisoner
Subjunctive Question: If it appeared that Germany would surely take control of the Soviet Union, would the Allies have come to their rescue?
“When the attack on Russia starts the world will hold its breath.”
-Hitler |
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