Operation Barbarossa
- Barbarossa "Red Beard" code name German attack on Russia June 1941
- Complete surprise for Russia despite warnings
- Germany Breaks non-aggression pact
- Blitzkreig tactics surprise Red Army
- Stalin did not believe that Germany was going to attack them so he did not get his army prepared for attack
- Russian peasants began scorched earth policy (burning all crops and shelters)
- Leningrad was besieged, captured Kiev, reached the Crimea and on the outskirts of Moscow
- Cold winter weather halts Germany
- Almost 2 million Red Army troops taken prisioner
Summary
The Germans broke the non-aggression agreement against Russia in 1941. Stalin never prepared an army against Germany because he did not believe that they would brake the pact. However, the Russians fought them off by using the scorched earth policy and factor from the weather.
Question?
Would Germany and Russia would have stayed in peace if Germany had not broken the pact?