Nazis invade the Soviet Union: ‘Barbarossa’
Joaquim von Ribbentrop, architect of the Nazi/Soviet Pact / guardian.co.uk
Contrary to all expectations, and especially remembering the previously signed Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 achieved by von Ribbentrop, Hitler’s armies invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, using the codename ‘Barbarossa’. Hitler had hinted in 1940 that his future plans would include such an invasion, in a top secret directive issued to the High Command in December of that year. (more…)
