I'm not sure but maybe beacuase they wanted the weak contries to have protection from the rest of the world! not sure maybe
Many consider this to be one of Hitler's greatest mistakes because it broke the Nazi-Soviet pact and forced Hitler to open up 2 fronts.
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.
what was the nazi invasion of the soviet union called
The invasion of Poland came first. The genocide followed later. ------------------------------ The real question would be: Did the Holocaust or the invasion of the Soviet Union come first? or rather: Did the Holocaust cause the invasion of the Soviet Union or did the invasion of the Soviet Union cause the Holocaust? (because there is no clear answer)
The significance of it was so that they both could see who was better.The Soviet Union won the race.
Russia
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.
what was the nazi invasion of the soviet union called
The invasion of Poland came first. The genocide followed later. ------------------------------ The real question would be: Did the Holocaust or the invasion of the Soviet Union come first? or rather: Did the Holocaust cause the invasion of the Soviet Union or did the invasion of the Soviet Union cause the Holocaust? (because there is no clear answer)
The invasion of the Soviet Union had to specifically start in June, at the beginning of summer, as the extreme Soviet winters would have made an invasion impossible.
The significance of it was so that they both could see who was better.The Soviet Union won the race.
ended with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
'Barbarossa'
1941
Russia
Operation Barbarossa
operation barbosa
Operation Barbarossa