What is Operation Barbarossa?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Operation Barabarossa | image = Operation Barbarossa corrected border.png | caption = | partof = the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]] | place = Soviet Union | date = June 22, 1941 – December 5, 1941 | result = The Axis conquers huge areas of the [[Soviet Union]] and causes heavy losses on the [[Red Army]] but fails in its overall [[strategy|strategic]] goal of defeating the Soviets in a [[Blitzkrieg]] campaign. | combatant1 = '''{{flagcountry|Germany|1935}}'''<br/>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}<br/>{{flag|Finland}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hungary}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Independent State of Croatia}} | combatant2 = {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} '''[[Adolf Hitler]]'''<br/>{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Franz Halder]]<br/>{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb]]<br/>{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Fedor von Bock]]<br/>{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Gerd von Rundstedt]]<br/>{{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} [[Ion Antonescu]]<br/>{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} '''[[Joseph Stalin]]'''<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Georgy Zhukov]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Aleksandr Vasilevsky|Aleksandr Vasilyevskiy]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Semyon Budyonny]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Kliment Voroshilov]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Semyon Timoshenko]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Markian Popov]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Fedor Isodorovich Kuznetsov|Fedor Kuznetsov]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Dmitry Pavlov]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Ivan Tyulenev]] | strength1 = ~3 million <br/>3,600 tanks,<br/>4,389 aircraft<ref>Bergström, p130</ref><br/>46,000 artillery pieces | strength2 = ~5.7 million <br/>12,000-15,000 tanks,<br/>35,000-40,000