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==Operation Barbarossa==
==Operation Barbarossa==
{{See also|Operation Barbarossa}}
{{See also|Operation Barbarossa}}
[[File:Barbarossa.PNG|right|300px|thumb|]]
1941 marked the major turning point in the war in Europe, when the Germans broke 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 broke 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.
===Battle of Kharkov===
===Battle of Kharkov===
As the Germans advanced on Moscow in the summer of 1941, and against the advice of the German High Command, Hitler suddenly detoured the center line of advance south, creating a huge traffic jam as the central column had to cross the southern advance. This slowed the advance on Moscow to which they did not arrive until October 16, 1941, as the snowy season set in.
[[File:Ukrainian collaborators worldwartwo.filminspector.com 3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainians welcome Germans as liberators from Soviet communism.<ref>http://worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2016/03/ukrainian-collaborator-girls.html</ref>]]
[[File:Ukrainian collaborators worldwartwo.filminspector.com 3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainians welcome Germans as liberators from Soviet communism.<ref>http://worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2016/03/ukrainian-collaborator-girls.html</ref>]]
The army group sent south engaged the ill-prepared, ill-equipped Red Army forces at [[Kharkov]]. 600,000 Red Army troops were quickly encircled and taken prisoner without much of a fight. Hitler declared it, "the greatest military victory of all time."
The army group sent south engaged the ill-prepared, ill-equipped Red Army forces at [[Kharkov]]. 600,000 Red Army troops were quickly encircled and taken prisoner without much of a fight. Hitler declared it, "the greatest military victory of all time."