EUH 2011 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi Concentration Camps, Operation Reinhard
Document Summary
Operation barbarossa was the code name for nazi germany"s invasion of the soviet union during world war ii, which began on 22 june 1941. The operation was driven by adolf hitler"s ideological desire to conquer the soviet territories as outlined in his 1925 manifesto mein kampf. This term is a nickname for the siege of leningrad: it was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the german army group north that is one of the most deadly sieges of all time. Was the german armed forces" name for its plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern russia. It involved a two-pronged attack against the oil fields of baku as well as an advance in the direction of stalingrad. Babi yar is a ravine in the ukrainian capital kiev and a site of a series of massacres carried out in 1941 by. German forces and local collaborators during their campaign against the soviet union.
