Germany and The Soviet Union had signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact before World War Two began. That means that they had decided to become allies with each other. In 1941, Adolf Hitler (The dictator of Germany) decided that he couldn't trust Joseph Stalin(The dictator of The Soviet Union). So when German troops advanced in Soviet territory, no one though anything of it.
The Soviet Union was fighting the Eastern Front on D-Day. Many German troops were occupied in this area.
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The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 succeeded in part because they attacked with no warning. The Soviet Union didn't have time to react to the German army's invasion.
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Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22nd, 1941.
The Soviet Union was fighting the Eastern Front on D-Day. Many German troops were occupied in this area.
German troops were unable to maintain sufficient supplies.
german's provisions and weapons were destroyed by soviets troops
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Three million troops attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. The Germans seized the Baltic States, Belarus, and the Ukraine. By December of 1941, the Germans were nearly successful in seizing Moscow but the Soviet Winter stopped the German troops.
The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 succeeded in part because they attacked with no warning. The Soviet Union didn't have time to react to the German army's invasion.
Operation Barbarossa-about 3,900,000-6,000,000 german troops invaded the soviet union, breaking the nazi-soviet anti-agression pact.
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Even though it had the largest army in the world , its troops were neither well equipped nor well trained.
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