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==Operation Barbarossa==
==Operation Barbarossa==
{{See also|Operation Barbarossa}}
{{See also|Operation Barbarossa}}
[[File:Ukrainians greet Nazis 1941.PNG|right|4000px|thumb|Ukrainian nationalists welcome Nazis, 1941 with banners saying "Heil Hitler".]]
[[File:Ukrainians greet Nazis 1941.PNG|right|400px|thumb|Ukrainian nationalists welcome Nazis, 1941 with banners saying "Heil Hitler".]]
1941 marked the major turning point in the war in Europe, when the Germans violated the Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact and undertook Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of the Soviet Union. Stalin was repeatedly informed by his own spies and anti-German countries that Germany was about to attack; he rejected the accurate reports and paid dearly for the blunder. The [[Great Purge]] of the 1938 also had decimated the Red Army's military leadership.
1941 marked the major turning point in the war in Europe, when the Germans violated the Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact and undertook Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of the Soviet Union. Stalin was repeatedly informed by his own spies and anti-German countries that Germany was about to attack; he rejected the accurate reports and paid dearly for the blunder. The [[Great Purge]] of the 1938 also had decimated the Red Army's military leadership.