How Did Germany Invade Soviet Union

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Germany Invades the Soviet Union
G
ermany commences Operation Barbarossa and invades the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is caught off-guard and is scrambling to get defenses set up. Looks like defeat for the Soviet Union with the German onslaught.

At first Germany was hesitant to invade the Soviet Union, but on June 22, 1941 Germany went through and invaded. The German Army is advancing at unthinkable rate into the Soviet Union, using their newfound tactic, the Blitzkrieg (“Lightning War”) they advanced up to the gates of Moscow, Russia. The German Blitzkrieg was halted from the extreme conditions of the Russian Winter. Like Napoleon, the Russian Winter has halted both invasions, unlike Napoleon, the Germans were staying.

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