Operation Barbarossa [g] was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between ...

2025年1月16日 · Operation Barbarossa, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.

2009年10月29日 · On June 22, 1941, more than 3 million German and Axis troops invaded the Soviet Union along an 1,800-mile-long front, launching Operation Barbarossa. It was Germany’s largest invasion...

By December 1941, the Red Army had suffered four million casualties, three million of whom were starving in German POW camps. Hopes were high, both in the German high command and at the front, that the Third Reich had won the war.

2024年12月20日 · Operation Barbarossa, launched on June 22, 1941, was Nazi Germany’s massive invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Named after Frederick I “Barbarossa,” the 12th-century Holy Roman Emperor, the operation symbolized Adolf Hitler’s ideological and military ambitions.

Between 22nd June and 4th July 1941, the German’s massive invasion force consisted of 138 divisions, approximately 3 359 000 men, 4 445 fully tracked AFVs of all types, and 3 914 aircraft of all types.

German troops occupy a burning Russian village during Operation Barbarossa, summer 1941. Hitler intended the campaign to be a ‘war of annihilation’. Civilians suffered at the hands of the German Army, and none more so than Soviet Jews …

Operation Barbarossa, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa, named after Frederick I) was the code name for the European Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. It began on 22 June 1941. More than 3 million men attacked along the 2,900 km front, which made it the largest military invasion in human history. [8]

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along an 1,800 mile front.