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22 June 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the attack on the Soviet Union. The operation itself lasted until December 1941, but the war on the Eastern Front that had been ushered in, did not end until May 1945, with the German unconditional surrender to the Allied nations. A successful implementation of Barbarossa would ensure an adequate supply of grain, oil and raw materials for the war effort. Although the Soviet Union had a significant numerical superiority in troops, tanks and aircraft, the Blitzkrieg's tactics seemed to guarantee a German victory. The aim of the operation was to quickly capture, within four months, much of the European part of the Soviet Union, the area west of Archangelsk-Astrachan line. In the first few weeks of the operation, the Germans made huge gains and inflicted huge losses to the Red Army. Large Soviet armies were surrounded and destroyed. At the end of July, the Germans had occupied the Baltic states, Belarus and western Ukraine. It t...

22 June 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the attack on the Soviet Union. The operation itself lasted until December 1941, but the war on the Eastern Front that had been ushered in, did not end until May 1945, with the German unconditional surrender to the Allied nations. . A successful implementation of Barbarossa would ensure an adequate supply of grain, oil and raw materials for the war effort. Although the Soviet Union had a significant numerical superiority in troops, tanks and aircraft, the Blitzkrieg's tactics seemed to guarantee a German victory. The aim of the operation was to quickly capture, within four months, much of the European part of the Soviet Union, the area west of Archangelsk-Astrachan line. . In the first few weeks of the operation, the Germans made huge gains and inflicted huge losses to the Red Army. Large Soviet armies were surrounded and destroyed. At the end of July, the Germans had occupied the Baltic states, Belarus and western Ukrain...