Operation Barbarossa
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-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 scorched earth policy (burning all crops and shelters)
-Leningard was besieged, captured Kiev, reached the Crimea and on the outskirts of Moscow
-cold winter halts Germans
-almost 2 million red army troops taken prison
-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 scorched earth policy (burning all crops and shelters)
-Leningard was besieged, captured Kiev, reached the Crimea and on the outskirts of Moscow
-cold winter halts Germans
-almost 2 million red army troops taken prison
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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
What would've happened if Stalin hadn't been so easily believed to trust Hitler?