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The German Army luanches Operation Barbarossa, a surprise attach on the Soviet Russia with three million men. The German commander General Franz Halder had predicted the campaign would last 8 - 10 weeks.
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Soviet armies are encircled and destroyed by German forces, 300,000 men captured.
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German forces captured 665,000 Soviet soldiers, largest encirclement of the war.
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The siege would last more than 900 days. Over one million Russian's died from combat, or starvation. People turned to cannibalism in order to survive.
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The German Army advances to within sight of Moscow before being halted in their tracks by the Russian winter. Soviet counter-offensive forces the German Army back.
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The German 6th Army is encircled by the Russian's, Soviets capture Field Marshal Paulus on February 2, 1943. This is arguable the turning point of the War.
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The German 6th Army is encircled by the Russian's, Soviets capture Field Marshal Paulus on February 2, 1943 and 90,000 Germans. This is arguable the turning point of the War, from this point on the German's were no longer moving forward.
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Field Marshal Manstein was forced to stop, and retreat from Operation Citadel. Largest tank battle in the history of war, so 6,000 plus tanks involved in a battle of over 2,000,000 men.
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The destruction of German Army Group Center.
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The German Army had been beaten back to the Capital of the Third Reich! The Russians assaulted with 2,500,000 men.
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide by shoot himself in the head.
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End of World War II in Europe. The Germans wartime casualties on the Eastern front number about 10,000,000. The Soviet lost about 27,000,000.
