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This is the order of battle for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. It was fought between the German -led Axis Forces and the Soviet Forces . The operation started on June 22, 1941, and ended on December 5, 1941, after Operation Typhoon .
Operation Barbarossa [g] was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa took place over a six-month period, 22 June – December, 1941. Aviation played a critical role in the fighting on the Eastern Front during this period, in the battles to gain and maintain air superiority or air supremacy, to offer close air support to armies on battlefield, interdicting enemy supply lines, while supplying friendly forces.
German order of battle in the Balkans campaign (1941) Battle in Berlin order of battle; Battle of Alam el Halfa order of battle; Battle of Buna–Gona: Allied forces and order of battle; Battle of Buna–Gona: Japanese forces and order of battle; Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle; Battle of Hong Kong order of battle; Battle of Iwo Jima ...
Defense of Brest Fortress; Battle of Brody (1941) ... German declaration of war on the Soviet Union; I. ... Operation Barbarossa order of battle; P.
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (German army main fire support weapon until superseded by the MG 42 because of ease of manufacture and high fire rate, still used after.) [261] [263] [264] [265] MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34) [261] [263] [266] [267]
The German Supreme Command of the Armed Forces (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) intended to hold Sevastopol as a fortress, much as the Red Army had done during the first battle for the Crimea from 1941 to 1942. Inadequate repair to the defenses of Sevastopol made this impossible and, on 9 May 1944, Sevastopol fell in less than one month ...