Both medications and drugs of abuse can result in dilated pupils. Dilation of the pupil on one side only is also abnormal and may signal a brain injury or other condition that raises the pressure within the cranial cavity (increased intracranial pressure). Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 2/17/2017.
Operation Barbarossa. German planning for Operation Barbarossa, the attack on the Soviet Union, began in September 1940. Hitler made his objective clear: despite the German-Soviet pact of 1939, he wanted the utter destruction of the Soviet Union.erman planning for Operation Barbarossa, the attack on the Soviet Union, began in September 1940. Hitler made his objective clear: despite the German-Soviet pact of 1939, he wanted the utter destruction of the Soviet Union.
Operation Barbarossa was the largest and most powerful invasion force in human history. Credit: AP. Until Barbarossa, Germany and the Soviet Union had a nonaggression pact, though that was largely for reasons of expediency, since Hitler harbored deep-seated feelings of anti-Bolshevism.ntil Barbarossa, Germany and the Soviet Union had a nonaggression pact, though that was largely for reasons of expediency, since Hitler harbored deep-seated feelings of anti-Bolshevism.