Operation Barbarossa (jun 22, 1941 – dec 5, 1941)
Description:
-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)
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Date:
jun 22, 1941
dec 5, 1941
~ 5 months and 16 days