    
Title: Operation Barbarossa Description: One of many Soviet airplanes that were destroyed at their air bases by initial Luftwaffe (German Air Force) attacks during Operation Barbarossa, the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on June 22, 1941; more than 4.5 million Axis Powers soldiers invaded the USSR; the operation lasted almost a year, from spring 1940 to winter 1941 when the Axis armies retreated; Operation Barbarossa remains the largest military operation in history; Category: World War II Topic: Germany Keywords: airplanes, attacks, aviation, fascism, fascists, German Air Force, Germans, Germany, invasions, military offenses, Luftwaffe, Nazi Germany, Nazi invasion of Soviet Union, Soviet aircraft, National Socialism, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Nazism, Operation Barbarossa, Russia, Second World War, Soviet Air Force, Soviet Union, Third Reich, wars of aggression, World War II, WWII, 1940s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 3300 x 1968 (6.49 MPixels) (1.68) Print Size: 27.9 x 16.7 cm; 11.0 x 6.6 inches File Size: 18.61 MB (19,517,740 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000011304 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
