Operation Barbarossa

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany renounced war between the two countries, giving the Soviet Union much needed time to strengthen itself before Germany’s certain betrayal. Through the pact, Russia was not only promised half of Poland, a territory which had been under Russian sovereignty before World War I, but the Baltic States and Bulgaria. Although Ribbentrop, under the guidance of Hitler, most likely didn’t assume that Russia was ever planning to expand…

Germany and the Soviet to have power over the nation. The war than broke out in the west as Germany attacked Norway and then leading to Germany taking over Denmark. Germany eventually attacked majority if not all of the West by 1941. In 1941 Operation Barbarossa was put into action. Leading to the alliance of Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria who joined the Axis which already consisted of: Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Japan. The Allies consisted of: U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia,…

How significant is d-day? There are a lot of days during throughout landing on Normandy’s beaches on June 6th 1944, to getting the Germans out of Paris August 25 1944, which then lead to getting them out of France. D-day was a significant day because it helped end ww2. It was the day it started the end. It helped affect other things in the future. Some of those effects are, it helped the soviets not fight alone against the Nazis. Opened a second front that the Germans had to fight against.…

tenacious and unequivocal; undeterred by the callousness, destructiveness, and indomitability of the Wehrmacht (German armed forces). Despite this, many suspected that the Soviet Union would capitulate within months of the commencement of Unternehmen Barbarossa (the German invasion of the Soviet Union); including Winston…

casualties on the Russians, showing the rest of the world how weak the Red army was after Stalin’s purges. Britain and France had even briefly considered helping Finland and declaring war against the Soviets. It was clear to Hitler that invading Russia was not only inevitable but also possible. Hitler began preparing for such an invasion, despite the pleas of his generals not to do so. Many of the military advisors in Nazi High Command had served in Russia in World War one, and knew firsthand…

non aggression pact (hitler vs stalin) How did the Hitler-Stalin Pact affect the outcomes of World War II? Not long before the second world war, Germany was invading neighboring countries such as Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia. Britain was fearing German expansion and immediately needed to take action against Hitler. As Hitler was not an easy target, the most powerful nation Britain could ally with to prevent Hitler from continuing was the Soviet Union. Hitler feared this kind…

World War II was one of the deadliest wars in history to date. It was initiated by a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. This would be prolonged for six consecutive years until the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany. Germany originally sought to minimize the length of the war by using the Blitzkrieg strategy, or (The Lightning strike strategy) to become a stronghold in the war. This strategy allowed them to enclose enemy armies and force surrender. This tactic,…

The Nature of Nazism Studying the history of the Nazi regime requires the understanding of the nature of the Nazi’s themselves. With help from assigned readings, class discussion, and various movies about Nazi’s, these can bring a person to a conclusion on what the Nazi nature is. On some occasions, Hitler, and his followers have been known to make deals with other countries, groups, and religious leaders. The deals that the Nazi’s made were to ensure the other nations and groups felt safe…

Today I am interviewing two men who were both involved significantly in Operation Barbarossa – Joseph Stalin and Wolfgang Horn. Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII, and made the crucial decisions for the future of Russia. Whilst Wolfgang Horn did not play a powerful role during WWII, he did fight the Soviet Union on the Eastern front, and can provide us with his first hand experiences when fighting the Red Army. (Adams, 2009). What is your opinion of the Treaty of…

The 20th century will forever go down as one of the most critical, and bold centuries to ever go down in history. With the advances in technology that forever will change the fate of production, and quality of life of citizens around the world; to bear witness to a bold new world that gave birth to both the biggest successes, and atrocities the world has ever felt on its surface. WWI already left an unparalleled scar on the face of history; but out of its participants, one was ready for revenge…