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- Barbarossa "Red Beard" code name German attack on Russia in 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 prisoners
Summary
Operation Barbarossa was the attack on Russia by Germany. The Invasion started to late and it resulted in the German Army getting caught in the harsh weather that Russia provided and effectively lost because of. Using Blitzkrieg tactics the Germans used a large fleet of Panzers but the Russian tanks were much larger that the panzers because the Russian railways were larger.
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What would have been different if Germany was successful winning over the Russian ground?