When Did Operation Barbarossa Begin. When did Operation Barbarossa begin. Although the Red Army experienced greater losses than the Germans during the campaign the inability of German forces to defeat the Soviet Union marked a significant setback for the German military effort.
Some historians falsely believe Germanys Balkan invasion fatally delayed the launching of the campaign. Over three and a half million German. Operation Barbarossa commenced on June 22 1941 when Axis forces began advancing toward the USSR.
It is a well known fact that original date for the start of Operation Barbarossa was May 15th 1941.
The German tanks that were used during Operation Barbarossa included PzKpfw IIs IIIs IVs 35ts and 38ts as well as some captured tanks. Because of the invasions of Yugoslavia Greece and airborne operation to occupy the island of Crete. By December 18 1940 Hitlers mind was made up. He ordered his generals to complete detailed war plans to crush Soviet Russia in a rapid campaigncode named Operation Barbarossato begin in May 1941.
