Does anyone here NOT know what happened on June 22, 1941?

[Lionel Mandrake]

Cartoonists had a lot of fun with the "non-aggression pact" (1939-1941). One cartoon showed a wedding with Hitler as the groom and Stalin as the blushing bride. Another showed them walking together, each smiling and holding a knife behind his back. Which one would stab the other first?

[Dan]

1. Barbarossa

If memory serves me correct…

[Chasstev365]

2. 3 Million Germany soldiers began the invasion of the USSR in Operations Barabrosa.

Delayed 6 weeks because of nasty partisan operations in Yugoslavia and Italian military failures in Greece, the critical delay had a costly effect on the German aims in World Word II.

[Lionel Mandrake]

5. Hitler's greatest blunder,

which sealed the fate of the Third Reich, was the decision to attack the USSR. There were plenty of other blunders on both sides. Stalin ignored warnings from the Allies that an Axis invasion was imminent. Hitler decided his soldiers wouldn't need winter clothing, since they would be home by Christmas. As serious as these and other blunders were, they affected only the timing, not the final outcome of the war. Like Napoleon before him, Hitler had no conception of what in store for him.

It was mainly the USSR that defeated Nazi Germany, although they did get some help from the USA and the UK.

[irisblue]

3. The people in this group know, most other others dont

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. I'm afraid you're right about that.

Sigh.