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
BIG Question
If operation Barbarossa was a failure would of that ended the war?
If operation Barbarossa was a failure would of that ended the war?
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Summary
This attack was a complete surprise to Russia because of the non aggression pact that they had singed with Germany. Germany had a 2000 mile long front and Blitzkrieg tactics that took the Red Army by surprise. Russian peasants began scorched earth policy which is the military act of burning all crops and shelters. Leningrad was besieged, captured Kiev and reached the Crimea on the outskirts of Moscow. The cold winter weather finally haled Germany, but by this time almost 2 million Red Army troops had already been taken prisoner.
This attack was a complete surprise to Russia because of the non aggression pact that they had singed with Germany. Germany had a 2000 mile long front and Blitzkrieg tactics that took the Red Army by surprise. Russian peasants began scorched earth policy which is the military act of burning all crops and shelters. Leningrad was besieged, captured Kiev and reached the Crimea on the outskirts of Moscow. The cold winter weather finally haled Germany, but by this time almost 2 million Red Army troops had already been taken prisoner.