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Germany lunchs the biggest ground invasion in human history with over 3 million troops. German mobile units of the Security Police and SD officials (Einsatzgruppen) followed the avansing troops in to the U.S.S.R. RSHA chief Heydrich had the task of identifying and killing jews, Soviet officials and any one alse who was a threat to the Gremans. Mass shooting began at the last week of June.

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German forces attacked the city of Brest in Belarus on June 22. The Germans expected a Quick Resolution but meet fierce resistance from the red army as they reteated north of the city. The German didn't get complete control of the city until late July. There was also heavy casualties that the Germans were not expecting, so they called up Reserves to replace the loses.

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The German Luftwaffe sent three waves of aircraft to bomb the Captial of the Byelorussian SSR, Minsk. The city was not ready for air raids and it was made wosre when the bombings destroyed the water systems. Fires raged in the city for four days uncontrollably. when the Germans enter the city, they found it to be ruined. It is estimated that more than 80% of the city was destroyed in the bombings.

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On a battlefield of the first world war, Soviet tanks attacked the 1st Panzer Group. The Panzer Group had become detached from its escorts. The Soviet Tanks moved in from the North and the south hitting the Germans by surprise. The Germans caused serious casuaties to the Soviets. But the Soviets won tacicaly as it slowed down the Germans, giving Kiev time to organize its defences.

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Bessarabia had been a contested region that had changed hands many times. A the end of WWI Romania got a turn with the region until June 26 1940, when the U.S.S.R anexed the region. At the begioning of Operation Barbarossa, the Romanian forces joined the German arny Group south to regian the region. By the end of July 1941, Romanian troops declered the reion liberated.

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On July 10, the German army Group centre began to incricle the city of Smolensk. A new type of weapon was used in the battle, the Kayusha rockets lunchers. This new weapon demoralized German troops. The Soviets put up a fierce defence of the city. According to German reports, there was about 250000 casualies during the battle. Most of the city layed in ruins after the battle. In 1985, the city was awarded the tile hero city because of the fierce resistance. The battle head up army group centre, delaying the German war plans.

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German forces enter Kiev, the Captial of the Ukraninian SSR after three months of fighting. During the frat days of the Occupation, there was two major explosions that were set off by Soviet Military engineers. The explosions destroyed the German headquarters and part of the city center. The Germans used this as a pertext to murder the remaining Jews in the city.

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German troops had approached Leningrad from the south and west while Finnish troops approached the city from the north. The entire population was mobilized to build anti-tank fortifications along the city's perimeter to support the cities 200000 red army defenders. By Nov. all of the cities rail and other supply lines were cut off by the Germans. The German blockade and siege clamed 650000 people in 1942. Barges by summer and trucks and ice-borne sleds in the winter kept the cities pop. barely alive and the arms factories operating in 1942. In Jan. 1944, a successful Soviet offensive pushed the Germans westward ending the siege. the city was awarded the order of Lenin in 1945 and was given the title of hero city in 1965.

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The Germans advance on Moscow in sept. of 1941. German troops pierced the defense line outside of Moscow and was now only 24km away from the city. German troops could see the cupolas of St. Basil's Cathedral in the red Square in the distance. Stalin chose to stay in Moscow and appeared in the red Square during the annual celebrations, offering a morale boost to his people. And then it happened, it got cold, Stupid cold, by Nov. German troops got the first cases of frostbite and many had difficulty firing their weapons. Then Stalin called in the Siberian troops from the east. they were specially trained for the cold weather and the Germans were no match and were pushed back.

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A month after the fall of Keiv, German army group south moved on Kharkov. The Russian 38th put up a defense while factory workers rush to take apart factories and pack them on trains to be shiped east. The workers competed the move on Oct. 21 as the German front lines came up to seven miles of the rails yards. On Oct. 24 the Geman 6th and 17th armys lunnched a an attack on Russian positions and took control of the city.

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https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1939-1941
https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=121
https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-Leningrad
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Moscow
https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=58

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Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust.