Operation Barbarossa

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World War II campaign invasion military operation

Operation Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s massive 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, marking a pivotal and brutal turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Barbarossa canonical 195
German invasion of the Soviet Union 41
Axis invasion of the Soviet Union 4

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Unternehmen Barbarossa ⓘ
associatedWith Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
surface form: Einsatzgruppen mass shootings

Holocaust ⓘ
surface form: Holocaust in the East
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
casualties millions of military and civilian deaths ⓘ
characteristic blitzkrieg tactics ⓘ
mass atrocities against civilians ⓘ
war of annihilation ⓘ
commandedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ
Wilhelm von Leeb ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
endDate 1941-12-05 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Case Blue ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalSignificance largest invasion in history by manpower ⓘ
pivotal campaign determining outcome of World War II in Europe ⓘ
ideologicalGoal Lebensraum for Germany ⓘ
destruction of Bolshevism ⓘ
extermination and enslavement of Slavic populations ⓘ
involvedUnit Army Group Centre ⓘ
Army Group North ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form: Army Group South

Luftwaffe ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
location Soviet Union ⓘ
objective capture of Moscow ⓘ
conquest of the western Soviet Union ⓘ
destruction of the Red Army ⓘ
seizure of Ukraine and the Caucasus ⓘ
opposedBy Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
plannedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German High Command
precededBy Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: Fall of France

Invasion of Poland ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of Poland

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
result German strategic failure ⓘ
Soviet defensive victory ⓘ
end of German–Soviet non-aggression ⓘ
opening of the Eastern Front ⓘ
startDate 1941-06-22 ⓘ
turningPoint shift of strategic initiative to the Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (262)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → campaign → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → keyEvent → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union
Eastern Front → conflict → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Eastern Front → initiatedBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Axis powers → notableCampaign → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
ETO → includesEvent → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
Wehrmacht → conflict → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) → militaryOperation → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
SovietPrisonersOfWar → majorCapturePhase → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: OperationBarbarossa
SovietPrisonersOfWar → majorCapturePhase → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: GermanInvasionOfTheSovietUnion
German 6th Army → operation → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact → terminatedBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact → violatedBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union
Blitzkrieg campaigns → notableExample → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
HungerPlan → relatedTo → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union
HungerPlan → historicalContext → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
CommissarOrderImplementation → startContext → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)
German 4th Panzer Army → operation → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Stalin era → notableEvent → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet participation in World War II
GermanArmyGroupNorth → operation → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
GermanArmyGroupNorth → notableEngagement → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union
Heer → activeInConflict → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad → cause → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Operation Citadel → relatedTo → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Isthmus of Perekop → hasHistoricalEvent → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II Eastern Front operations
Battle of Moscow → precededBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow → precededBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Operation Blue → precededBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 1941 offensive Operation Barbarossa
Soviet-German Front → majorOperation → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Operation Typhoon → partOf → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen → participatedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
7th Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Ernst Busch → participatedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Hermann Hoth → participatedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: invasion of the Soviet Union
Hermann Hoth → participatedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → conflict → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd → participatedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Friedrich Paulus → battle → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)
Royal Romanian Air Force → conflict → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Walter Model → participatedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland → followedBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland → followedBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → campaign → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Waffen-SS → participatedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Army Group Centre → tookPartIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Army Group North → notableOperation → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Unternehmen Barbarossa → alsoKnownAs → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Fall Blau → precededBy → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Axis forces on the Eastern Front → engagedIn → Operation Barbarossa ⓘ