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100

What day did Operation Barbarossa commence?

What is Sunday June 22nd, 1941?

100

Who was the leader of Operation Barbarossa?

Who is Adolf Hitler?

100

Who was invaded during Operation Barbarossa?

What is Soviet Union? 

100

Who was the operation named after?

Who is Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa?

200

When was Operation Barbarossa intended to start?

What is mid-May 1941?

200

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the time of invasion?

Who is Joseph Stalin?

200

Who did German troops invade earlier in 1941 that seemed to violate the German-Soviet nonaggression pact (in Hitler’s opinion)?

What is Czechoslovakia?

200

Did the operation succeed?

What is no, it was Hitler’s first defeat in WWII.

300

When did Operation Barbarossa end?

What is Friday December 5th, 1941?

300

Who was the commander in chief of the German army during Operation Barbarossa?

Who is Walther van Brauchitsch?

300

Who would have been the German military’s next target if Operation Barbarossa had succeeded?

What is Poland?

300

What did Hitler blame for his failure of the operation?

What is the winter weather?

400

When was Führer Directive 21 initiated?

What is December 18th, 1940?

400

Who was the Soviet field marshal during the invasion?

Who is Georgy Zhukov?

400

Where was the Army Group North supposed to invade?

What is Leningrad?

400

What is the German name for the invasion? 

What is Unternehmen Barbaross?

500

When did the Panzers capture 3 Russian armies and 320,000 men?

What is June 28th, 1941?

500

Who formed the Vanguard?

Who are the Panzers?

500

Where was Hitler when he and his troops were forced to retreat?

What is Moscow?

500

Why was the U.S.S.R. prepared but still unprepared?

What is Stalin knew about a possible attack but didn’t believe his source.