June 22, 1941 Bashny.Net

There had to be creative Friday. But I decided to remind you what day it is.
 - Germany began preparations for an attack on the Soviet Union in 1940 (the plan "Barbarossa"). According to this plan provides for the defeat and elimination of the Soviet state, the destruction of most of the population and occupation of the territory to the Ural Mountains to the rapid advance through the north (in Leningrad), central (in Moscow) and south (to Kiev with access to the Donbass, Crimea and the Caucasus and Stalingrad).




June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. German troops seized the strategic initiative and dominance in the air and in the border battles defeated the Soviet troops, who lost 850 killed and wounded thousands. Man and captured about 1 million people. Together with its allies against the Soviet Union, Germany has focused 5 5 million. People, about 4, 3 thousand. Tanks and assault guns, 47, 2 thousand. Guns and mortars, about 5 thousand. Warplanes, 192 ships. German military and political leadership planned "lightning war" ("Blitzkrieg"). According to the economic part of the plan "Barbarossa" - "Oldenburg" occupied territory was subjected to robbery, all economic resources are put to the service needs of the Wehrmacht. The general plan "Ost" to be annihilated and eviction from the occupied territories for 30 years, about 50 million. Slavs. The remaining population was calculated Germanise completely and turn in labor for 10 million. German colonists. The territory of Russia planned to divide into separate political-administrative regions with their own governments and thus eliminate Russian as one people. Involves the destruction of the Russian intelligentsia, the elimination of secondary and higher educational institutions, artificial reduction in fertility.







In the first half of 1941, Soviet intelligence constantly informed of the impending German attack, however, the Soviet leaders ignore these warnings, as they contained controversial (and, as shown by current research, sometimes false) information [3], and in part - of correct and fair information make false conclusions (widely known false conclusions intelligence chief Golikova). Peace treaty with Germany, as well as repeated statements about the impending German military assault on the British Isles, and gave hope that the war in 1941, the year will not be. In contrast to all other offensive campaigns in Germany, the war against the Soviet Union is not preceded by political demands. Stalin believed that Germany would not attack simply because she had no chance to win the USSR.









June 18, 1941 in the USSR navy and border troops were put on alert. A similar order was given by the ground forces only on June 21.









Theory of preparations for the attack on Stalin Germany in August (not later) was launched in 1941 by Victor Suvorov and subjected to severe criticism by the majority of professional historians.





The Red Army retreated to 850-1200 km, its losses in personnel numbered in the millions. Lost the most important raw materials and industrial centers: Donbass, Krivoy Rog ore pool. Leaving the city of Minsk, Kiev, Kharkov, Smolensk, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk. Was in the blockade of Leningrad. Falling into enemy hands or cut off from the center of the most important sources of food in the Ukraine and southern Russia. In the occupied territories were millions of Soviet citizens. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed or deported to slavery in Germany. The enemy, however, was stopped near Leningrad, Moscow and Rostov-on-Don; its ground troops suffered notable losses. Strategic goals set by Germany under the plan "Barbarossa", could not be reached.







During the winter campaign of 1941-42 conducted counteroffensive near Moscow, removed the threat of Moscow and the North Caucasus, ease the plight of Leningrad, fully or partially exempt the territory of 10 regions.