Operation Barbarossa (WDTRG)

Operation Barbarossa was the vast and massive invasion plan created by Nazi Germany and the long term goal of Hitler which was to destroy Russia and create a greater Germany.It was the single largest invasion in history comprising of millions of men and deaths.

The original date for the invasion plan was the 15th May but due to late spring floods it was delayed until the 8th June before the flooding cleared and they were able to attack.

Their were 3 principal objectives Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev as the objectives. The USSR was survival.

The first part of the invasion coursed through the west of the USSR and they in a series of large mass encirclements killed or captured masses of Russian troops.