[b][size=29][center]The ww2 becomes global[/center]
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[url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Image:GermanTroopsInRussia1941.jpgHYPERLINK/wiki/Wehrmacht][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]German soldiers[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] in the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Soviet_Union][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Invasion of the Soviet Union[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], 1941.
On June 22, 1941, Germany, along with other European Axis members and Finland, [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]invaded the Soviet Union[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. The primary [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Objective_(military)][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]objectives[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] of this surprise offensive[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-68][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff][69][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] were the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Army_Group_North][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Baltic region[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Army_Group_Center][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Moscow[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Army_Group_South][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Ukraine[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] with an [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Strategic_goal_(military)][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]ultimate goal[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] to end [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Military_campaign][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]campaign[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] of 1941 near the line connecting [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/A-A_line][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Caspian and White Seas[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. Hitler's goals were to eliminate the Soviet Union as a military power, exterminate [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Anti-Comintern_pact][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Communism[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], generate so-called [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Lebensraum][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]'living space'[/u][/color][/size][size=25]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-69"[/size][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff][70][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] by [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Generalplan_Ost][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]dispossessing the native population[/u][/color][/size][size=25]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-70"[/size][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff][71][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and provide guaranteed access to the strategic resources needed to defeat Germany's remaining rivals.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-71][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff][72][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] Although before the war the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Red_Army][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Red Army[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was preparing for a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Strategic_offensive][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]strategic counter-offensive[/u][/color][/size][size=25]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-72"[/size][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff][73][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], "Barbarossa"' forced [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Stavka][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Stavka[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] to adopt a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Strategic_defence][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]strategic defence[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. During the summer, Axis made significant gains into Soviet territory, inflicting [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Nazi_crimes_against_Soviet_POWs][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]immense losses[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] in personnel and matériel, however by the middle of August, German [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/OKH][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]OKH[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] decided to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]suspend the offensive[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] of a considerably depleted Army Group Center, and to divert [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/2nd_Panzer_Group_(Germany)][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]a part of its armored force[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] to reinforce troops advancing toward central Ukraine and Leningrad[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-73][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff][74][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. The [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Kiev offensive[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was overwhelmingly successful, resulting in encirclement and elimination of four Soviet armies, and made further [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Crimea_Campaign][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]advance into Crimea[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and industrially developed [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/First_Battle_of_Kharkov][u][size=25][color:fe3f=#0000ff]Eastern Ukraine[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] possible.
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