Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Operations between
Germany and Russia WWII
- Operation Barbossa/Blitzkrieg
- An all out German attack on Russia, focusing on Moscow and Stalingrad.
- Mid-1941
- Operation Blue
- June 1942
- 2) Capturing a town with Stalin's
namesake would be a good
propaganda move for Germany.
- It would boast moral in
their motherland.
Anmerkungen:
- Over 1.9 million people died during the seige*.
Anmerkungen:
- *Russia's citizens and soldiers had responded to the threat by staying put and not fleeing Stalingrad, despite the life expectancy and the conditions there.
- 3) The sixth month Battle of Stalingrad,
begging august 1942, was said to be
the bloodiest in History.
- At one point the life expectentcy of
a solfier was less than 24 hours
and for an officer it was marginly
better at 78 hours.
- 1) Hitler attacked, aiming
to capture Stalingrad.
- Hitler believed that in
capturing Stalingrad, a vital
part of Russia's wae industrial
production would deprive them
greatly.
- Consequentally, Stalin believed that if
the Germans took over Stalingrad,
there would be a higher chance tha
they would be able to take over the
whole of Russia.
- Counter Attack
- Stalin mobilised all of the Soviets resources for war.
- For example, the inital defence of Stalingrad was manned by women (more than men).
- Operation Typhoon
- September 1941
- 4) It wasn't untill December 1941 that
Russia, General Zhukov, launched their
own counter attack against the Germans
attampting to invade Moscow.
- The attacked pushed the German
army back around 200 kilometers
from Moscows center.
- 1) The Germans
launched an attack to
capture Moscow.
- 2) The people of Moscow
panicked - rioting and looting
around the city.
- 3) Law and Order
collapsed within the city.
- Operation Uranus
- 1) A Soviet counter offensive cost
1.1 million Red Army, and 800,000
German troops, lives.
- 3) By December 1943, two-thirds of Germany
occupied territory was captured by the Red Army.
- Launched September, 1942.
- 2) By February 1943, all German troops
were driven from Stalingrad.