Barbarossa Flashcards
What is the Axis?
All the countries under Nazi control
What was Barbarossa?
Codename for the invasion of the soviet union
still allies
Hitlers thoughts on communism?
He loathed it
Russia was a communist state
Why did he also want Russia?
Important oil fields- tanks, planes etc…
Hitler thought it would…
Be easy
Stalin first…
Didn’t believe that Hitler would invade Russia
-Non agression pact-
German forces..
- Army group north - Leningrad
2 Army group center - Moscow - Army group south - Ukrainian, Caucasus region
Stalin misplaced trust…
- entire soviet air force down within 3 days
Churchill..
Welcomed the Soviets
Hitler… Napoleon..
Hitler wouldn’t let the Russians retreat like before
They would be surrounded
When they got close to Moscow…
Russian counter-attack in December
Hitler expected his compaign to be over…
Before Russian winter
The soldiers were not prepared
Oil froze tanks, trucks
Russians were prepared
German underestimated…
The sjze of the Russian Army
3 million vs 5.4 million
Russian factories..
Stalin ordered them to move
