Military operation

Operation Barbarossa

22 Jun 1941 – 5 Dec 1941 · 55.03° N, 34.97° E

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When
22 Jun 1941 – 5 Dec 1941
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
55.03° N, 34.97° E
Description
invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazi German-led Axis powers in Europe
Cause
Lebensraum, anti-communism

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Operation Barbarossa

1941 Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII

Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, known as the A–A line.

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