Operation Barbarossa
- Barbarossa "Red Beard"Code name German attack on Russia June 1941
- Complete Surprise for Russia despite warnings
- Breaks non-aggression pact
- 2000 mile long front
- Blitzkrieg tactics surprise Red-army
- Nazi briefly seen as liberators
- Russian peasants began sorted earth policy (burning all crops and shelter)
- 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
- Operation Barbarossa Timeline
Summary: This was the invasion of Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and the allies, the plan that was created was to be a quick conquest of the Soviet Union, based upon their performances against Finland in the late 30's. The German forces were split into three groups- North, Centre and South