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| Name one of the three German army groups involved at the beginning of the operation. | Army Group North/Army Group Centre/Army Group South | 75%
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| The German 6th Army was a component of which army group? | Army Group South | 75%
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| Which prominent, German commander took command of the 11th Army on 12th September 1941 after his predecessor, Eugen Ritter von Schobert's pilot landed his boss in a Russian minefield? His memoirs 'Lost Victories'. | Erich von Manstein | 75%
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| This Ukrainian city suffered four battles between German and Russian forces during World War Two. The first battle went from 20th October to 24th October, 1941. German victory. | First Battle of Kharkov | 75%
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| Operation Barbarossa was so named for? | Frederick Barbarossa/Friedrich I/Federico I/Holy Roman emperor/Kaiser Rotbart/German Third Crusade leader | 75%
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| Stalin had three of his five marshals of the Red Army executed in his purge of the military. Name one of the marshals who survived to command when Operation Barbarossa began. | Kliment Voroshilov/Semyon Budyonny | 75%
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| Barbarossa translates from Italian as? | Redbeard | 75%
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| When did the operation begin? | Sunday 22nd June 1941 | 75%
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| When did the operation end? | 5th December 1941 | 50%
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| This Russian secret weapon was unleashed on German troops for the first time on 14th July, 1941 to devastating effect. | BM-13/Katyusha rocket/Katyusha/Stalin's Organ | 50%
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| Red Army general who was a scapegoat for Joseph Stalin's incompetent leadership that led to the early victories of Operation Barbarossa. Executed a month after the invasion began. Rehabilitated during the Gorbachev era and all honours restored to him. | Dmitry Grigorevich Pavlov | 50%
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| These commanders all held the rank of? | Field Marshal/Generalfeldmarschall | 50%
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| Who was chief-of-staff of Obercommando des Heeres (OKH) who planned and implemented Operation Barbarossa? | Franz Halder | 50%
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| Name one of the Red Army fronts that the Germans encountered during Operation Barbarossa. | Northern Front/Northwestern Front/Western Front/Southwestern Front/Southern Front | 50%
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| What was the operation codenamed in its planning stages before Adolf Hitler changed it? | Operation Otto | 50%
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| Who was commander-in-chief of the Germany Army for the duration of Operation Barbarossa? | Walther von Brauchitsch | 50%
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| Who commanded the 6th Army at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa? | Walther von Reichenau | 50%
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| Name one of the commanders of the three army groups. | Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (North)/Fedor von Bock (Centre)/Gerd von Rundstedt (South) | 50%
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