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Mind Map by 15Liam Power, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by 15Liam Power
about 8 years ago
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Operation Barbarossa
- Causes
- Hitler wanted to conquer
soviet union to be
repopulated by Aryan Germans (lebensraum)
- To stop communism in Soviet territories
- Hitler wanted to conquer
soviet union to be
repopulated by Aryan Germans (lebensraum)
- Preparations
- Hitler moved 4.5
million soldiers to
Soviet border
- Stalin believed it to be
unlikely that Hitler
would attack as the two
had agreed a pact two
years previous
- Hitler's
deception
plans included
making it look
like his main
target was
Britain
- Stalin has 2.6 million soldier on Western front and 1.8 in far East
- Hitler moved 4.5
million soldiers to
Soviet border
- Invasion
- Hitler attacked on 22/6/1941
- Nazi's advantage
by Winter time due
to Soviet airforces
being outdated
and pilots being
poorly trained
- Soviets losing 6 tanks to 1 tank being lost to Nazi's 1 on
average at the start
- Hitler attacked on 22/6/1941
- Middle Phase
- Scorched Earth
tactics - policy
where Soviets burnt
bridges, crops etc so
Germans couldn't
use them
- Hitler uses Blitzkreig until
arrival of harsh winter
- Hitler underestimated
Soviet numbers and were
out of supplies after 4
weeks but chosen not to
slow down operations
- Russian nationalists encouraged to defend against German invasion
- Scorched Earth
tactics - policy
where Soviets burnt
bridges, crops etc so
Germans couldn't
use them
- Hitler decided to
attack Leningrad,
Moscow and Kiev with 3m soldiers
- For final attack on
Leningrad by 4th Panzer
army and Army group
center, Hitler decided
Leningrad should be
starved into submission
- For final attack on
Leningrad by 4th Panzer
army and Army group
center, Hitler decided
Leningrad should be
starved into submission
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