Barbarossa Numbers
The date that Operation Barbarossa started.
June 22, 1941
What treaty was signed after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
What tactic did the Germans & Soviets both use that made life harder for everyone?
Scorched earth tactics
Who said, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill
What had Germany underestimated when planning their invasion?
The number of Soviet troops & the people's dedication to fighting
How close to Moscow did the German troops get?
20 miles
How many points were in Wilson's plan?
14
Why did Germany need to beat the Soviet Union quickly?
They couldn't win a long fight
Who was the fascist leader of Spain?
Gen. Francisco Franco
(El Caudillo)
More German troops were in the hospital due to what that gunshot wounds.
Frostbite
How many German troops invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa?
~3 million
What tactic did Germany introduce in the Battle of Britain?
Blitzkrieg
Who was providing supplies to the Soviets?
Great Britain
What was Benito Mussolini's nickname?
Il Duce
As German troops invaded further into Russia, what became harder for them?
To get resupplied
How long (in miles) was the Soviet Union front?
1,800 miles
What is lebensraum?
Living Space - expansion excuse
What natural resource did Hitler need from near Stalingrad?
Oil
What leader is best know for appeasement?
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
What did Hitler think of communist societies?
Fundamentally weak & easy to defeat
In what year did Hitler start thinking of invading the Soviet Union?
July 1940
Around 338,000 soldiers were evacuated from this seaside town.
Dunkirk
What 3 cities did Germany plan to take from the Soviet Union?
Leningrad, Moscow, & Kiev
What 2 countries signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact?
Germany & Soviet Union
The Soviet troops who came from the Mongolian border had what advantage?
Training & tolerance to cold