Operation Barbarossa Germany
Germany’s Attack on the Soviet Union
Hitler authorised the invasion of the Soviet Union on the 18th of December, 1940 with an outlined start date of May the 15th, 1941. On the 22nd of June, 1941 Nazi, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest German military operation of World War II. It was the biggest land invasion in the history of the world. As over three million German soldiers and their allies drove forward in three sections into the Soviet Union. The attack was named ‘Operation Barbarossa’ .
Popular opinion has labelled Hitler as virtually insane for invading the Soviet Union, but at the time many people, including those influential in both Britain and America - although his choice was a sound one. Hitler came much closer to
Hitler authorised the invasion of the Soviet Union on the 18th of December, 1940 with an outlined start date of May the 15th, 1941. On the 22nd of June, 1941 Nazi, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest German military operation of World War II. It was the biggest land invasion in the history of the world. As over three million German soldiers and their allies drove forward in three sections into the Soviet Union. The attack was named ‘Operation Barbarossa’ .
Popular opinion has labelled Hitler as virtually insane for invading the Soviet Union, but at the time many people, including those influential in both Britain and America - although his choice was a sound one. Hitler came much closer to