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/Keiv, 50 miles from Moscow
- Russians retreat to Moscow, scorched earth policy
- Russia Winter hits. Coldest in 50 years
- German Machines all freeze. Germans not ready for winter
- Thousands died to cold
- Attack on Moscow failed (50 miles)
- Siberian soldiers and weather primary reason
Summary
Operation Barbarossa was the initial attack on Russia led by Von Paulus. After the Russian winter hits (the coldest in 50 years) thousands die of cold. The attack on Moscow failed.