Operation Barbarossa

noun

1. the codename for Hitler's invasion (1941) of Russia

Example Sentences

But that misreads an endnote: As I make clear in the text, the number refers specifically to German casualties during the first three months of Operation Barbarossa.

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Once the Nazi regime took power, Mr. Hellbeck argues, the Soviet Union was firmly in its sights, leading ultimately to the invasion of June 1941—Operation Barbarossa.

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Likewise, the author shows little understanding of the rationale for Operation Barbarossa, which he sees as primarily a war of ideology.

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His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June of 1941.

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