Operation Barbarossa Flashcards
Hitler intended to force who, into moving into occupied lands in the East?
Norwegians, Swedes and Danes
(a) As for the USSR, Hitler believed that what would not be successful on the USSR?
(b) Hitler was confident that he could occupy the USSR by when?
(a) Hitler believed that Blitzkrieg tactics would not be successful on the USSR and that it would take longer to occupy
(b) Summer of 1941
What was Stalin’s response to Hitler’s plan to occupy the USSR by Summer ‘41?
Stalin sent Vyacheslav Motolov to Berlin for discussions
What happened as soon as Hitler’s discussion with Vyacheslav Motolov ended?
The operation was to take place when?
Hitler told General Paulus to propose a plan of attack - a battle of encirclement was needed for the attack against the USSR to be successful
The operation was to take place May 15th 1941
What happened June 21st 1941?
A German sergeant switched sides and informed the Soviets that the Germany army would attack the following morning - Stalin was reluctant to believe
(a) What did the German forces consist of in Op. Barb?
(b) How was the army advanced?
(a) 3 million men
3400 tanks
(b) They were advanced in 3 groups. The north group headed for Leningrad, centre group Moscow and southern group Ukraine
Where and when did the Nazis break through?
Smolensk, in June 1941, where fighting continued for a whole month
In September, what were Stalin’s orders?
Why did this create problems for Germany?
He told the red army to destroy anything that could be of use to the Germans
This created problems for the Germans as it was difficult to keep 3 million troops supplied with ammunition and food
December 4th, 1941
The Red Army attacked, the German army began to retreat and were pushed back 200miles by January
