Operation Barbarossa and Response (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Operation Barbarossa launch date
Operation Barbarossa launch date
22 June 1941
Original Barbarossa date before Yugoslav crisis delay
Original Barbarossa date before Yugoslav crisis delay
1 June 1941
Three Barbarossa army groups: targets
Three Barbarossa army groups: targets
North-Leningrad, South-Ukraine, Central-Moscow
Blitzkrieg definition
Blitzkrieg definition
Fast armoured units with air support for rapid victories
Soviet army purges dates
Soviet army purges dates
1937-1939
Stalin's first speech after invasion date
Stalin's first speech after invasion date
3 July 1941 (nearly 2 weeks after)
Stalin's propaganda term linking war to Russian past
Stalin's propaganda term linking war to Russian past
Great Patriotic War
Stavka
Stavka
USSR top military command, re-formed 23 June 1941
Three factors that saved Stalin from defeat
Three factors that saved Stalin from defeat
Russia's size, harsh winter, Soviet patriotism
Richard Sorge's intelligence about
Richard Sorge's intelligence about
Japan's intentions (avoided two-front war)