Operation Barbarossa and the invasion of the USSR took place on 22. June 1941. Launched by Hitler in violation of the existing non-aggression treaty with Stalin, it was designed to provide the Reich with 'living space in the East'.
Short day-to-day description from 22. June: http://www.holocaustresearchproject....on/opbarb.html
Today it is 70 years since the Eastern campaign started and I have found some photos from my collection that give a good impression of what the German soldiers met during the summer and fall of 1941. This is a motorcycle unit with unit mark ++ (I have not managed to ID this unit).
Short day-to-day description from 22. June: http://www.holocaustresearchproject....on/opbarb.html
Today it is 70 years since the Eastern campaign started and I have found some photos from my collection that give a good impression of what the German soldiers met during the summer and fall of 1941. This is a motorcycle unit with unit mark ++ (I have not managed to ID this unit).
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