Operation Barbarossa

  • Germany retreats

    Germany retreats
    After suffering over 850,000 casualties, Germany begins its long retreat.
  • German Military Conquering

    German Military Conquering
    German military quickly conquered enormous swaths of land and netted hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
  • Stalin Recovers

    Stalin Recovers
    After recovering from the initial shock of the German invasion, Stalin moved his factories east of the Urals, out of range of the Luftwaffe.
  • German Army Falls

    German Army Falls
    German army faltered and fell back.It was the Soviet Union who broke Hitler’s army.
  • Hitler broke the German-Soviet non-aggression pact

    Hitler broke the German-Soviet non-aggression pact
    Hitler did this in attempt to get rid of Stalin’s Soviet Union military threat and capture more land
  • Germany invades the Soviet Union

    Germany invades the Soviet Union
    This is considered the largest land invasion in history. Both France and Poland fell.