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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 Theseus/Aida (planeed invasion of Egypt and Suez Canal from Libya to prepare a German invasion of Middle East. Ended in failure after Battle of Gazala) 20 July 1942 instructions to Walter Rauff (orders from Nazi Party to extent the Final Solution in a hypothetic German occupation of British Palestine) [52] Plan Orient (projected ...
Army Group Centre (German: Heeresgruppe Mitte) was the name of two distinct strategic German Army Groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.The first Army Group Centre was created during the planning of Operation Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, as one of the three German Army formations assigned to the invasion.
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
Heinrich Himmler, in his secret memorandum, Reflections on the Treatment of Peoples of Alien Races in the East (dated 25 May 1940), outlined the Nazi plans for the non-German populations in the East. [58] Himmler believed the Germanisation process in Eastern Europe would be complete when "in the East dwell only men with truly German, Germanic ...
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.
On 22 June 1941, the 17th Army was part of Army Group South when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union. From 1 July, the Hungarian "Mobile Corps" (Gyorshadtest) was subordinated to the 17th Army. Along with 1st Panzer Army, the 17th Army encircled Soviet forces in central Ukraine during the Battle of Uman ...
The Tikhvin Offensive was a military operation undertaken by the German army in October 1941 during World War II in the course of Operation Barbarossa.The offensive, conducted entirely around the Volkhov River, was launched by Adolf Hitler with the primary objective of cutting off the supply routes supplying Leningrad.