Today Mr. Bruns continued his powerpoint...
- Depth charges are bombs that were detonated under the water to attack submarines and U boats.
- Hunter killer air crafts would hunt U boats.
Operation Barbosa
- The greatest land war in recorded history, it began at 3:30 a.m. on June 22, 1941.
- The initial German front was 995 miles long, and there was another 620 miles along the Finnish border.
- The main front would soon expand to 1490 miles and extend to a depth of over 600 miles.
- In to this great space of steppe, forest and swamp marched the best of the German Army, amounting to three quarters of its field strength.
German Wehrmacht (Army)
- German Army in USSR was split.
- Army Group North whose main goal was Leningrad.
- Army Group Centre whose main goal was Moscow.
Hitler's drive to the Caucasus
- He needed to control this area because it had oil.
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