Operation Barbarossa | Germany's Invasion of the Soviet Union | Britannica

On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany turned on its ally, the Soviet Union, launching a surprise attack that marked the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. This operation aimed to conquer the communist Soviet Union and was the largest military invasion in history. Behind the front line, Germany deployed the Einsatzgruppen, mobile units that embarked on the mass killings of millions of Jews and Soviet partisans. These killing squads foreshadowed the ghettos, concentration camps, and death camps that woul

Operation 'Barbarossa' And Germany's Failure In The Soviet Union