Operation Barbarossa 22 Jun 1941 – 5 Dec 1941

Question 1

Why did Hitler want to invade Russia

Answer 1

He saw communism as the enemy fascism and that the Slavs where racially inferior. He also wanted Lebensraum (living space) in the east.

Question 2

One reason the Nazi never made it to Moscow

Answer 2

The extreme weather conditions froze oil supplies in tanks and froze horses. It also killed many German soldiers. More German soldiers died from frost bite then bullets.

Question 3

When was the Siege of Leningrad

Answer 3

Siege of Leningrad

8 Sept 1941 – 27 Jan 1944

Question 4

How many civilians died in Leningrad

Answer 4

800,00 civilians died more then the whole of Great Britain and the USA in WW2

Question 5

When was the Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 5

Battle of Stalingrad

17 Jul 1942 – 2 Feb 1943

Question 6

What happened

Answer 6

Intense Urban warfare where enemies where meters from each other. The Nazis stormed the city and fought hand to hand combat. The Nazis then surrounded the Soviets in the city. The Soviets then surrounded the Nazis on the outside of the city and 300,000 soldiers of the 6th army where stuck inside.

Question 7

Who surrendered the 6th army

Answer 7

Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus. He was a General during the Battle however after the counter offensive failed to break a hole in the surrounded soldiers he was ordered too fight too the death and he was promoted to field marshal and was told too kill himself. He went against the order and surrendered himself and the reminder of the 6th army