Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union?

Answer 1

The German invasion of the Soviet Union was known as "Operation Barbarossa".

Adolf Hitler, wanted to invade the Soviet Union because he wanted to create living space for the German people. He wanted to eliminate the Slavic people and replace them with Germans. Also, Russia had some of the world's richest oil fields and resources; those Hitler wanted too.

NAZI-SOVIET NONAGRESSION PACT

Adolf Hitler tricked Joseph Stalin, by signing the Nazi-Soviet Nonagression Pact.

This created a false-alliance, a false-friendship between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were the world military superpowers in Europe at the time. They "collaborated" in invading Poland, and the Nonagression Pact also divided the borders between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany's share of Poland.

THE INVASION - THE WAR STARTS

In 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Although, the Soviet Red Army was the world's most largest and strongest army, yet; Stalin's stupidy cost a big price. Joseph Stalin refused to listen to his officers who wanted to warn him that Nazi troops were massing on the Soviet borders. The Nazis were divided into three main groups, Army Group North, Army Group South and Army Group Center. Many people think that the Nazis were eliminated from the beginning by the big and bad Russians, which is not true. The Red Army, failed to repel the invasion literally. The Red Army brutually lost, most of the battles during the beginning of the invasion. They lost Minsk, Kiev, Karkhiv, Mahilow and Smolensk. In Kiev and Smolensk alone, millions of Red Army soldiers were captured as prisoners. Eventually Army Group South would push the Red Army all the way back into Stalingrad where they refused to retreat any further resulting in the historical battle of Stalingrad. In north, Army Group North pushed the Red Army into Moscow and Leningrad. It was disastrous. Now you are asking how could a big and bad army lose to invaders? Well remember, Joseph Stalin killed all of his skilled officers. Stalin didn't act in time to organize the troops he tought his officers were just war-mongering. Stalin was a complete dumb dictator. He learned his lession hard, when the Nazis eliminated Red Army lines guarding Moscow. Since Stalin kiled a lot of useful officers, pockets of Red Army troops WITHOUT leaders became defeated and captured as well. The Red Army, was kind of like, a big strong body WITHOUT a head. Mighty, but didn't know where to go, or how to fight and what to do next. The Nazis, eventually passed the Stalin Line, considerably one of the Soviet Union's most well-guarded fortresses. Although the Red Army tried their best and desperate attempts, but they failed to repel the invasion and were pushed back into Moscow and Leningrad. Yes, the Red Army troops in Belarus and Ukraine did surrender. No matter how "scary" the Soviets may look, you can sit there and say you have a "strong" and "mighty" army but unless you are Sparta, there will be a lot of surrendering involved. Simply for safety. That is the case with the Red Army soldiers in Kiev and Minsk.

CAUSE OF THE NAZI'S FAILURES

So how did the Nazis fail? It wasn't the Red Army themselves that defeated the Nazis, but one of their best allies helped big time. The same ally that allowed the Russians to defeat Napoleon of France, the brutal Russian winter. In the north, the Nazis were not prepared for the brutal Russian winter as they were wearing summer clothing. So many of the Nazis died of the cold weather and starvation. In fact, Adolf Hitler had as much stupidity as Joseph Stalin. He was not aware of the brutal Russian winters. For they were not an average winter any country would face. He either prepared his troops for a warm-sunny war or average winters. So the brutally cold weather killed the Nazis allowing the Red Army some valuable time. In central and southern Russia, the Nazis faced unbearable rain which created mudslides that often jammed their equipment. Stalingrad, Leningrad and Moscow were all sieged successfully but the Soviets would not let them fall.

BATTLES OF STALINGRAD, LENINGRAD AND MOSCOW

The Nazis and Soviets both held on to Stalingrad, Moscow and Leningrad for they were Hitler's key targets. Again, remember that the Nazis did not fail the war overnight for their invasion of the Soviet Union was very succesful at first. In Stalingrad, loads of Red Army troops would cross the Volga into Stalingrad but they ended up failing as well. Many of the boats and ships carrying troops were cut down by blitz attacks by Luftwaffe planes. But the Soviets refused to let the cities fall. Many soldiers and civilians began to evacuate Stalingrad, nearly letting it fall. After two years of fighting, the Nazis gave up Stalingrad and became surrounded allowing the Red Army to recapture the city.

FROM NAZI INVASION OF SOVIET UNION - TO SOVIET INVASION OF NAZI GERMANY

The Nazi's failure to capture Stalingrad marked the fall of the German War Machine in the Soviet Union. The Nazi's suffering due to the harsh Russian weather and the Soviets' refusal to let Stalingrad and Leningrad fall allowed the Red Army to remobilize and surround pockets of Nazis between Stalingrad and western Russia. The Soviets, continued to push the Nazis west eventually into their German homeland, reversing the invasion into the Soviet invasion of Nazi Germany. The Nazis ended up being pushed all the way back into their capital, Berlin where the Soviets finally put an end to the German War Machine.

So the Nazi Invasion of the Soviet Union, despite having a a really successful start, caused their own demise.

Answer 2

Several:

1. Expand into western USSR--Ukraine area especially -- for the farming land (breadbasket' for greater Germania);

2. Take out Stalin who could be his biggest rival

3. Gain access and protect the oil fields in the southern Balkans.