World War 2

June 1941: Operation Barbarossa
1. Germans advanced very quickly
2. Soviet armies overrun + air forces destroyed
3. All territory gained from Aug. 1939 Nazi-Soviet peace pact lost
4. 5.5 million men, 5000 planes + 2800 tanks
Siege of Leningrad: Sept. 1941-Jan. 1944
1. Sept. 1941: Germans surround Leningrad
2. No running water, electricity or heat
3. 1 million russians died
  1. Cold
  2. Famine
4. Germans continually bombed the city
5. Nov. 1941: rations cut to 1/3
6. Jan. 1944: Red army arrives at Leningrad --> push back Germans
Battle of Stalingrad: May 1942-Feb. 1943
1. May 1942: German offensive to capture Caucasus oil fields begin
2. August 1942: Advance stopped in streets of Stalingrad
3. Feb. 1943: General Von Paulus' army trapped by counter-attack
  1. Germans surrender
Russian Victory
1. July 1943: Germans pushed back in tank battle at Kursk
2. June 1944: Operation Bagration (russian offensive) begins
3. May 1945: Germans surrender+ Berlin captured

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