Operation Barbarossa (Red beard)
- Initial Attack on Russia (Breaking Non - Aggression Pact)
-June 22, 1941 - Led by Von Paulos
-Stalin was warned, did nothing - caught off guard
-First attacks masterful. Soviets pushed back
-Captured Leningrad/Kiev, 50 miles from Moscow
-Russians retreat to Moscow, scorched Earth policy
-Russian winter hits. Coldest in 50 years
-German Machines all freeze. Germans not ready for winter
-Thousands died too cold
-Attack on Moscow failed ( 50 miles )
-Siberian soldiers and weather primary reason
-June 22, 1941 - Led by Von Paulos
-Stalin was warned, did nothing - caught off guard
-First attacks masterful. Soviets pushed back
-Captured Leningrad/Kiev, 50 miles from Moscow
-Russians retreat to Moscow, scorched Earth policy
-Russian winter hits. Coldest in 50 years
-German Machines all freeze. Germans not ready for winter
-Thousands died too cold
-Attack on Moscow failed ( 50 miles )
-Siberian soldiers and weather primary reason
Summary
When the Germans attacked Russia, Stalin was caught off guard because he ignored the warnings. However, the Germans attack was behind schedule which set them back into the winter. Russia retreated to Moscow after burning the Germans crops so that they could no eat.