EXHIBITION

Operation Barbarossa

COLLAPSE
A wave of destruction crashes across the Soviet Union

Germany Invades the Soviet Union

A German-Soviet Pact in August 1939 led to an uneasy stand-off in Eastern Europe.

The August 1939 German-Soviet Pact of non-aggression was a deception by Hitler to neutralize the Soviet Union while Germany invaded Western Europe.

The August 1939 German-Soviet Pact of non-aggression was a deception by Hitler to neutralize the Soviet Union while Germany invaded Western Europe.
The Pact contained a secret portion that partitioned Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe into Soviet and German areas.
Nearly two years later, Hitler broke his promise to Stalin. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union with over 3 million soldiers, one of the largest military invasions in modern history. A wave of death and destruction engulfed the Soviet Union.
In six weeks, German units swept across Western Soviet Territories and deep into Russia.
The invasion set the stage for mass murder of the Jews of the Soviet Union.
Behind the German army, mobile killing units called Einsatzgruppen were deployed to murder Jews, Communists, Roma and Sinti, and others deemed dangerous to the Third Reich.
At least 2 million Jews were murdered by these mobile killing units.
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The August 1939 German-Soviet Pact of non-aggression was a deception by Hitler to neutralize the Soviet Union while Germany invaded Western Europe.
The Pact contained a secret portion that partitioned Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe into Soviet and German areas.
Nearly two years later, Hitler broke his promise to Stalin. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union with over 3 million soldiers, one of the largest military invasions in modern history. A wave of death and destruction engulfed the Soviet Union.
In six weeks, German units swept across Western Soviet Territories and deep into Russia.
The invasion set the stage for mass murder of the Jews of the Soviet Union.
Behind the German army, mobile killing units called Einsatzgruppen were deployed to murder Jews, Communists, Roma and Sinti, and others deemed dangerous to the Third Reich.
At least 2 million Jews were murdered by these mobile killing units.
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