Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa was so named for?

Barbarossa translates from Italian as?

What was the operation codenamed in its planning stages before Adolf Hitler changed it?

Who was chief-of-staff of Obercommando des Heeres (OKH) who planned and implemented Operation Barbarossa?

Who was commander-in-chief of the Germany Army for the duration of Operation Barbarossa?

When did the operation begin?

When did the operation end?

Name one of the three German army groups involved at the beginning of the operation.

Name one of the commanders of the three army groups.

The German 6th Army was a component of which army group?

These commanders all held the rank of?

Who commanded the 6th Army at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa?

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'.

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.

Name one of the Red Army fronts that the Germans encountered during Operation Barbarossa.

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.

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.

This Russian secret weapon was unleashed on German troops for the first time on 14th July, 1941 to devastating effect.