operation BARBAROSSA
Notes
- Barbarossa "Red Beard" code name for German attack on Russia
-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 on the outskirts of Moscow
-Cold winter weather halts Germany
-Almost 2 million Red Army troops taken prisoner
- Barbarossa "Red Beard" code name for German attack on Russia
-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 on the outskirts of Moscow
-Cold winter weather halts Germany
-Almost 2 million Red Army troops taken prisoner
Quote: "I have made the hardest decision of my life" - Hitler to Mussolini
Political Cartoon
BIG QUESTION: What would of occurred if Russia knew the attack was coming?
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