Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa
	Pairt o the Eastren Front o Warld War II
	; Clockwise frae tap left: German soldiers advance throu Northren Roushie, German flamethrower team in the Soviet Union, Soviet planes flyin ower German poseetions near Moscow, Soviet prisoners o war on the way tae German prison camps, Soviet soldiers fire at German poseetions.
Date	22 Juin – 5 December 1941; (5 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Eastren an Northren Europe
Result	See Eftermath
Belligerents
Germany; Romanie; Italy; Hungary; Slovakie; Finland;	Soviet Union
Commanders an leaders
Adolf Hitler; Walther von Brauchitsch; Hermann Hoth; Franz Halder; Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb; Fedor von Bock; Gerd von Rundstedt; Ion Antonescu; Gustaf Mannerheim;	Joseph Stalin; Georgy Zhukov; Aleksandr Vasilyevskiy; Semyon Budyonny; Kliment Voroshilov; Semyon Timoshenko; Markian Popov; Fyodor Kuznetsov; Dmitry Pavlov ; Ivan Tyulenev; Mikhail Kirponos †;
Units involved
Axis armies Airmy Group North ; 16t Airmy ; 18t Airmy ; 4t Panzer Airmy ; Airmy Group Centre ; 4t Airmy ; 9t Airmy ; 2nt Panzer Airmy ; 3rd Panzer Airmy ; 2nt Airmy ; Airmy Group Sooth ; 6t Airmy ; 11t Airmy ; 17t Airmy ; 1st Panzer Airmy ; Romanie 3rd Airmy ; Romanie 4t Airmy ; Airmy Norawa ; Finnish Airmy ;	Soviet armies Northern Front ; 7t Airmy ; 8t Airmy ; 48t Airmy ; 52nt Airmy ; 54t Airmy ; 55t Airmy ; Northwastren Front ; 11t Airmy ; 27t Airmy ; 34t Airmy ; Wastren Front ; 3rd Airmy ; 10t Airmy ; 13t Airmy ; 16t Airmy ; 19t Airmy ; 20t Airmy ; 22nt Airmy ; 24t Airmy ; 28t Airmy ; 40t Airmy ; 50th Army ; Soothwastren Front ; 5t Airmy ; 6t Airmy ; 12t Airmy ; 21st Airmy ; 26t Airmy ; 37t Airmy ; Soothren Front ; 9t Airmy ; 18t Airmy ; Coastal Airmy ;
Strenth
Frontline strenth (ineetial) ; 3.8 million personnel; 3,350 tanks; 2,770 aircraft; 7,200 artillery pieces;	Frontline strength (ineetial) 2.6–2.9 million personnel; 11,000 tanks; 7,133–9,100 militar aircraft;
Casualties an losses
Tot militar casualties:; 800,000+ Breakdown Casualties o 1941: (accordin tae German Airmy medical reports) 167,347 killed in action for the three airmy groups; 600,584 woondit in action for the three airmy groups; 34,527 missin in action for the three airmy groups; 28,445 killed, woondit or missin in action for Airmy Norawa; 11,000 capturt bi the Soviets (accordin tae Reid Airmy reports); ; 2,827 aircraft destroyed; ; 2,400+ tanks destroyed; ;	Tot militar casualties:; 4,000,000+ Breakdoun Casualties o 1941: (based on Soviet archives) 566,852 killed in action; 235,339 died frae non-combat causes; 1,336,147 sick or woondit via combat an non-combat causes; 2,335,482 missin in action c. 500,000 Soviet reservists capturt while still mobilizin; 3,355,499 capturt bi the Germans (accordin tae AOK Wehrmacht reports); ; 21,200 aircraft lost; 20,500 tanks destroyed; ;

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) wis the code name for Nazi Germany's Warld War II invasion o the Soviet Union, which began on 22 Juin 1941. The operation wis driven bi Adolf Hitler's ideological desire tae conquer Soviet territory as ootlined in his 1925 manifesto Mein Kampf ("Ma Struggle").

↑ ^a ^b ^c Clark 2012, p. 73.
↑ Glantz 2001, p. 9.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Glantz 2010a, p. 20.
↑ Glantz 2001, p. 9, 2.68 million.
↑ Glantz 1998, p. 10–11, 101,293, 2.9 million.
↑ Taylor 1974, p. 98, 2.6 million.
↑ Mercatante 2012, p. 64.
↑ Clark 2012, p. 76.
↑ Glantz 2010a, p. 28, 7,133 aircraft.
↑ Mercatante 2012, p. 64, 9,100 aircraft.
↑ Clark 2012, p. 76, 9,100 aircraft.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Theater of War, 1941".
↑ "Red Army and NKVD figures, 1941–1945".
↑ ^a ^b Bergström 2007, p. 117.
↑ Graham Royde-Smith.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Krivosheev 1997, pp. 95–98.
↑ "AOK POW Reports".
↑ Sharp 2010, p. 89.

[FOOTNOTEClark201273-1] Clark 2012, p. 73.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz20019-2] Glantz 2001, p. 9.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz2010a20-3] Glantz 2010a, p. 20.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz200192.68_million-4] Glantz 2001, p. 9, 2.68 million.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz199810–11,_101,2932.9_million-5] Glantz 1998, p. 10–11, 101,293, 2.9 million.

[FOOTNOTETaylor1974982.6_million-6] Taylor 1974, p. 98, 2.6 million.

[FOOTNOTEMercatante201264-7] Mercatante 2012, p. 64.

[FOOTNOTEClark201276-8] Clark 2012, p. 76.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz2010a287,133_aircraft-9] Glantz 2010a, p. 28, 7,133 aircraft.

[FOOTNOTEMercatante2012649,100_aircraft-10] Mercatante 2012, p. 64, 9,100 aircraft.

[FOOTNOTEClark2012769,100_aircraft-11] Clark 2012, p. 76, 9,100 aircraft.

[FOOTNOTE"Heeresarzt_10-Day_Casualty_Reports_per_Theater_of_War,_1941"-12] "Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Theater of War, 1941".

[FOOTNOTE"Red_Army_and_NKVD_figures,_1941–1945"-13] "Red Army and NKVD figures, 1941–1945".

[FOOTNOTEBergström2007117-14] Bergström 2007, p. 117.

[FOOTNOTEGraham_Royde-Smith-15] Graham Royde-Smith.

[FOOTNOTEKrivosheev199795–98-16] Krivosheev 1997, pp. 95–98.

[FOOTNOTE"AOK_POW_Reports"-17] "AOK POW Reports".

[FOOTNOTESharp201089-18] Sharp 2010, p. 89.

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