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This is the order of battle for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. It was fought between the German-led Axis Forces and the Soviet Forces. The operation started on June 22, 1941, and ended on December 5, 1941, after Operation Typhoon.
German troops at the Soviet state border marker, 22 June 1941. At around 01:00 on 22 June 1941, the Soviet military districts in the border area [n] were alerted by NKO Directive No. 1, issued late on the night of 21 June. [193] It called on them to "bring all forces to combat readiness", but to "avoid provocative actions of any kind". [194]
Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii ("Combat composition of the Soviet army") is an official Second World War Soviet Army order of battle published in five parts from 1963 through 1990 by the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff and Voenizdat.
Yugoslav order of battle prior to the invasion of Yugoslavia: April 6 – May 3, 1941 Battle of Crete: Commonwealth, Greek and Axis forces: May 20 – June 1, 1941 Operation Barbarossa: Axis and Soviet Forces: June 22, 1941 Leningrad Strategic Defensive: Order of battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation: July 10, 1941 ...
The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Moscow from October 2, 1941 to January 2, ... Soviet – front line: ... Samuel W. German Order of Battle ...
The defense of Brest Fortress was the first battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941. The German Army attacked without warning, expecting to take Brest on the first day, using only infantry and artillery, but it took them a week, and only after two bombardments by the Luftwaffe.
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between October 1941 and January 1942.
During the battle, the German army captured the Archives of Smolensk Oblast Committee of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a large amount of documents about local history from 1917 to 1941. [47] The Germans used the document for propaganda about Soviet repression and transported them back to Germany.