Operation Barbarossa

operation barbarossa was the single most largest military operation in the history of the world.more than 10million soldiers were to be involved on both sides and more than half would be dead in areas like siege of leningrad battle of stalingrad and battle of moscow. the first stage of the operation was succesful with the germans encircling 1million troops within the first few weeks of the war and advancing towards industrial and capital city of moscow leningrad and stalingrad. withing a few months the wehrmacht(german army) had reached the gates of moscow only to be slowed by stalins scorched earth policy and poor weather conditions. 2nd stage of the war began when a counter offensive of more than 2 million soviet troops on moscow began which pushed the germans out of the capital city. then the soviets focused on their other cities before taking the war to germany a months later.