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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 .
German forces Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia Yugoslav order of battle prior to the invasion of Yugoslavia: April 6 – May 3, 1941 Battle of Crete: Commonwealth, Greek and Axis forces: May 20 – June 1, 1941 Operation Barbarossa: Axis and Soviet Forces: June 22, 1941 Leningrad Strategic Defensive
German and Allied order of battle for Operation Bodenplatte; German order of battle for the invasion of Poland; Gilbert Islands naval order of battle; Battle of Goodenough Island order of battle; Operation Goodwood order of battle; Gothic Line order of battle; Battle of Greece order of battle; Guadalcanal naval order of battle; Guam (1944 ...
Battle of Narva, consisting of: Battle for Narva Bridgehead and; Battle of Tannenberg Line; Combat in South Estonia, 1944 Soviet Baltic Offensive Battle of Porkuni Battle of Vilnius (1944) Battle of Memel. After becoming trapped in the Courland Cauldron after 25 January 1945, the Army Group was renamed Army Group Courland. On the same day, in ...
The 68th Infantry Division (German: 68. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the German army during World War II. It was formed in 1939 and was initially committed to the German invasion of Poland. It took part in the Battle of France in 1940, and then Operation Barbarossa in 1941 as part of Army Group South. The 68th remained in southern ...
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The defense of Brest Fortress was the first battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941. The German Army attacked without warning, expecting to take Brest on the first day, using only infantry and artillery, but it took them a week, and only after two bombardments by the Luftwaffe.
The German Sixth Army, which was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad, was re-constituted and later made part of Army Group South in March 1943. By the end of December 1943, the strength of Army Group South had been reduced to 328,397 German soldiers, joined by another 109,816 allied soldiers and non-German volunteer troops.