Question

Which of the following statements is true about Operation Barbarossa?

Hitler began planning his invasion of the Soviet Union in 1935
The Soviet army was much larger and much better trained than the Nazi army.
O German forces quickly pushed 500 miles into the Soviet Union.
The Soviet soldiers were wearing only lightweight summer uniforms during the winter of 1941.
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Answer 1

Hitler began planning his invasion of the Soviet Union in 1935

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement is true about Operation Barbarossa when compared to other statement given.

Answer 2

It is true that German forces quickly pushed 500 miles into the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa.

Step-by-step explanation:

Operation Barbarossa was the attack by the Wehrmacht on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 in the World War II.

Adolf Hitler declared the annihilation of Bolshevism in 1925 to be a major ideological and political goal of National Socialism. He had envisaged the attack on the Soviet Union after the victory over France in June 1940 and communicated his decision to the High Command of the Wehrmacht on July 31, 1940.

In the first few weeks of the operation, the Germans made huge gains and inflicted huge losses on the Red Army. The Red Army tried to maneuver a mobile defense with large tank units, but turned out not to have the capability to do so. Large Soviet armies were surrounded and destroyed. At the end of July, the Germans had occupied the Baltic states, Belarus and western Ukraine. It then emerged that the Germans had seriously underestimated the ability of the Soviets to summon new troops. The Red Army brought numerous fresh reserves to the field. The Germans, on the other hand, had largely run out of ammunition and fuel. They restocked in August. The German high command argued among themselves how to deal with this unexpected situation. Many generals wanted to advance directly to the Moscow railway junction, but Hitler first ordered the large front arch that had formed near Kiev to be cut off. In September, half a million Soviet soldiers were surrounded and defeated there. The attack on Moscow was finally launched in early October. Once again the Germans surrounded large armies, but then temperatures dropped and their offensive got stuck in the mud through the unpaved road network. When it started to freeze in November and supplies resumed, the Germans made an extreme effort to reach Moscow, but their exhausted troops no longer had the strength to do so. In early December, they were caught in fierce cold and had to withdraw under heavy losses for counter-attacks by fresh Soviet troops.