Operation Barbarossa (red beard):
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-intial attack on russia june 22, 1941 (broke non-agression pact)
-Stalin was warned, did nothing, caught off guard
-first attacks masterful. Soviets pushed back,
-captured Leningrad, Russians retreat to Moscow, scorched earth policy
-Russian winter hits, German machine freezes. Germans not ready for inter, thousands die
-attack on Moscow failed
-Stalin was warned, did nothing, caught off guard
-first attacks masterful. Soviets pushed back,
-captured Leningrad, Russians retreat to Moscow, scorched earth policy
-Russian winter hits, German machine freezes. Germans not ready for inter, thousands die
-attack on Moscow failed
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Summary
The non-aggression pact between the Nazi and Soviet Union was signed in 1939, however it did not last long. Hitler got the materials he wanted and used them to fight the Soviet Union.
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“It is much easier to believe lies than the truth."-Hilda van Stockum
Subjunctive Question
Would Germany have had a better chance of winning the war if hadn't attacked Russia and were faced with another enemy?