Operation Barbarossa

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:aftermath gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
Cold_War_tensions
division_of_Europe
gptkbp:aimsTo gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:climate harsh winter
gptkbp:consequences failure to achieve objectives
shift_in_World_War_II_dynamics
significant_Soviet_casualties
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:General_Franz_Halder
gptkbp:established gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:finaleDate December 5, 1941
gptkbp:historicalImpact contributed_to_Nazi_Germany's_defeat
increased_Soviet_resistance
led_to_prolonged_Eastern_Front
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Barbarossa
gptkbp:involved over 3 million Axis troops
1,800,000 German soldiers
200,000 Italian soldiers
400,000 Hungarian soldiers
700,000 Romanian soldiers
gptkbp:keyIssues gptkb:Battle_of_Kiev
gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
Siege of Leningrad
gptkbp:launchDate June 22, 1941
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Heinrich_Himmler
gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:Hermann_Göring
gptkbp:militaryRank Blitzkrieg tactics
encirclement operations
rapid_advances_into_Soviet_territory
gptkbp:postWarCareer gptkb:Georgy_Zhukov
gptkb:Joseph_Stalin
Leonid Govorov
gptkbp:primaryMission capture_Moscow
destroy_Soviet_military_forces
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Soviet_counteroffensive
gptkbp:significance largest military operation in history
gptkbp:strategicGoals ideological war against communism
opening_of_the_Eastern_Front
resource_acquisition_in_the_East