Posted on Jul 12, 2017
32 Photographs of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa
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These are some fantastic photographs of Hitler's push East.
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"Operation Barbarossa was the largest invasion in the history of warfare. Four million Nazis invaded the Soviet Union along an 1,800-mile front. The Nazis utilized 600,000 motor vehicles, and between 600,000-700,000 horses.
The Nazi operation had initial success, occupying most of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Nazis were halted by the Battle of Moscow and the Soviet winter counteroffensive effectively pushed the front line west. The failure of Operation Barbarossa forced Hitler to narrow his scope of attempted Soviet invasion into Case Blue and Operation Citadel in 1943. "
From the article:
"Operation Barbarossa was the largest invasion in the history of warfare. Four million Nazis invaded the Soviet Union along an 1,800-mile front. The Nazis utilized 600,000 motor vehicles, and between 600,000-700,000 horses.
The Nazi operation had initial success, occupying most of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Nazis were halted by the Battle of Moscow and the Soviet winter counteroffensive effectively pushed the front line west. The failure of Operation Barbarossa forced Hitler to narrow his scope of attempted Soviet invasion into Case Blue and Operation Citadel in 1943. "
32 Photographs of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa
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Hitler didn't put enough emphasis on weather costing him lots of territory, thousands of men, and ultimately the war. Had he done it more correctly, WWII likely wouldn't have ended anywhere near 1945.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
It was an attrition war and sadly, Hitler disobeyed the number one rule of attrition: GET IT OVER WITH QUICKLY!
Defense should have been anticipated and its sad that Hitler was so successful in using Fifth Column support for the invasion of Western Europe, yet, he did not consider that for Russia! The Latvians and Lithuanians especially could have been impressed into service as willing compatriots. By the time Hitler considered it, the game was over.
Defense should have been anticipated and its sad that Hitler was so successful in using Fifth Column support for the invasion of Western Europe, yet, he did not consider that for Russia! The Latvians and Lithuanians especially could have been impressed into service as willing compatriots. By the time Hitler considered it, the game was over.
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