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'''Operation Barbarossa''', the largest military The operation of all time, was Nazi Germany's invasion of against the Soviet Union which began in summer 1941. It was a 'Blitzkrieg' ('lightning war') that saw the German Wehrmacht and its allies advance cover greater distances in less time than any other of their other campaigns. It aimed Of course it would also need to reach the capital of the [[USSR]], Moscow, before due to the dreaded Russian winter set vast land area that made up the Soviet Union and Russia in, but failed to do thisparticular. The [[Luftwaffe]] worked in co-ordination with the [[Panzer]] Divisions to ensure as rapid an advance as possible. This put great logistical strain on The attack aimed to reach the Axis forces. Thiscapital of the [[USSR]], coupled [[Moscow]], before the dreaded Russian winter set in, but failed to do so. The Russians threw back the German armies at that time; their first military success. The Germans began their offensive anew in 1942 after the winter had passed and again met with tenacious defence success, but the Russians were bolstered by supplies from the Soviet Red Army, [[United States]] and their continued mobilization of their own great manpower reserves. Also, the fact that addition of the Soviet T34 tank gave them a weapon that was far better than anything in many ways superior to any other tank that had been seen in the Germans then had available, probably stopped Hitlers' Generals (e.g. Guderian) from achieving their objectiveswar. The Battle of Stalingrad in late 1942/early '43 was the turning point in the War on the Eastern Front, and a Nazi victory became practically impossible after thatas the size of the Soviet forces and their fighting ability continued to grow.