: To destroy the Communist Soviet Union and eliminate its Jewish population.
: German forces achieved massive early victories, capturing cities like Kiev and Smolensk and taking millions of Soviet soldiers prisoner. Operation Barbarossa : Hitler's invasion of Rus...
Driven by Nazi ideology, the invasion had three primary objectives: : To destroy the Communist Soviet Union and
: To secure the vast agricultural and oil resources of Ukraine and the Caucasus. Early Progress and Turning Point Operation Barbarossa : Hitler's invasion of Rus...