Operation Barbarossa
- Barbarossa "Red Beard" code name German attack on Russia June 1941
- Complete surprise for Russia despite warnings
- 2 million Nazi officers lined up on the boarder
- 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
- Germans attacked from the south russia surrounded
Summary:
Was the invasion that took place that broke the Nazi non aggression pact. Was a complete surprise to Russia when 2 million Nazi soldiers showed up on the boarder.
Was the invasion that took place that broke the Nazi non aggression pact. Was a complete surprise to Russia when 2 million Nazi soldiers showed up on the boarder.
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