operation barbarossa
-In english it meant operation red beard
-was a complete suprize to russia after the signing of the non-agression pact.
-Blitzkrieg tactics surprise Red Army
-Cold winter weather halts Germans
-the largest invasion in the history of warfare.
-was a complete suprize to russia after the signing of the non-agression pact.
-Blitzkrieg tactics surprise Red Army
-Cold winter weather halts Germans
-the largest invasion in the history of warfare.
sumary
Operation Barbarossa, was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Beginning in 1941, over 3.9 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km front, the largest invasion in the history of warfare.
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