Operation Barbarossa
Barbarossa "read Beard" code name German attack on Russia Hune 1941
Complete surprise for Russia despite warnings
Breaks non-aggression pact
2000 mile long front
Blitzkreig tactics surprise Red Army
Nazis briefly seens as liberators
Russian peasants began scorched earth policy (burning all crops and shelters)
Complete surprise for Russia despite warnings
Breaks non-aggression pact
2000 mile long front
Blitzkreig tactics surprise Red Army
Nazis briefly seens as liberators
Russian peasants began scorched earth policy (burning all crops and shelters)