Operation Barbarossa (22 Jun 1941 Jahr – 5 Dez 1941 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
-German attack on USSR, breaking non-aggression pact
-extreme underestimation of Soviet strength - end of Nazi military success (Hitler "prisoner of his own myth of infallibility")
-in line with Hitler's aims: Greater Germany, Lebensraum in the east, resources, & elimination of USSR
-led to formation of Grand Alliance (along with Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor)
Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:
Datum:
22 Jun 1941 Jahr
5 Dez 1941 Jahr
~ 5 months and 16 days