Operation Barbarossa (jun 22, 1941 – jan 7, 1942)

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USSR:

- at first Stalin & the Red Army are not prepared
- use their "scorched earth policy"
- fall back and burn anything of value to the Germans to make survival harder for the Germans

Soviets suffer huge losses
- the siege of Leningrad lasted two years with 1.5 million Soviets lost (Germany blockaded city of Leningrad)
- barrier troops killed retreating soldiers on their own side because they were no longer honorable, fighting for the good of their country

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