JUNE 22, 1941 — AUGUST 23, 1943
OPERATION BARBAROSSA · THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
At 03:15 on June 22, 1941, 3.8 million Axis soldiers and 3,600 tanks crossed the Soviet frontier
on a 2,900 km front — the largest invasion in history. By December they stood before Moscow.
A year later, an entire German army vanished in the ruins of Stalingrad.