Operation Barbarossa was a plan to destroy the USSR and turn its citizens into slaves.
On 22 June 1941, at 4AM, while the country was sleeping peacefully, without a formal declaration of war, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
85% of the military casualties the Germans suffered while fighting the USSR while only 15% in the fight against Soviet Union’s allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. The Red Army confronted the Wehrmacht in numerous clashes, including the Heroic Defence of the Brest Fortress , Battle of Stalingrad , Battle of Kursk and many others.
The Nazi Army Group “Centre” was assigned for the objective of capturing the USSR’s capital city. This operation was codenamed as “Typhoon”. Within days, German troops captured the cities of Orel and Tula, covering a distance of 474 km. Just 184 km more and they’d reach Moscow. Every day, every hour, every second, the enemy moved closer to the heart of the Soviet Union.
The speech had an enormous impact on Red Army’s morale. It re-energized the will of Soviet soldiers and officers to fight, inspired the homefront workers to continue their efforts to support the frontline, and reassured ordinary Soviet citizens that the USSR would prevail however dire the situation seemed. So it happened.Moscow’s defenders’ - both military and civilian - heroic resistance forced the Nazi assault to bog down.
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