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Operation Barbarossa
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
	; Clockwise from top left: German soldiers advance through northern Russia; German flamethrower team; Soviet Ilyushin Il-2s over German positions near Moscow; Soviet POWs on the way to prison camps; Soviet soldiers fire artillery;
Date	22 June – 5 December 1941; (5 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Central Europe; Northeast Europe; Eastern Europe;
Result	Axis failure Opening of the Eastern Front; Axis failure to reach the A-A line; Beginning of Soviet Winter counter-offensive;
Belligerents
United Kingdom; France; Poland; Italy; Czechoslovakia; Romania; Finland; Hungary;	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
J.F.C Fuller; Harold Alexander; Charles de Gaulle; Franz Halder; Fedor von Bock; Gerd von Rundstedt; W. Ritter von Leeb; Ion Antonescu; C.G.E. Mannerheim;	Joseph Stalin; Georgy Zhukov; Aleksandr Vasilevsky; Semyon Budyonny; Kliment Voroshilov; Semyon Timoshenko; Markian Popov; Fyodor Kuznetsov; Dmitry Pavlov ; Ivan Tyulenev; Mikhail Kirponos †;
Units involved
Axis armies: Army Group North 16th Army; 18th Army; 4th Panzer Army; ; Army Group Center 2nd Army; 4th Army; 9th Army; 2nd Panzer Army; 3rd Panzer Army; ; Army Group South 6th Army; 11th Army; 17th Army; 1st Panzer Army; 3rd Army; 4th Army; ; Independent armies: Army of Norway; Finnish Army; ;	Soviet armies: Northern Front 7th Army; 8th Army; 48th Army; 52nd Army; 54th Army; 55th Army; ; Northwestern Front 11th Army; 27th Army; 34th Army; ; Western Front 3rd Army; 10th Army; 13th Army; 16th Army; 19th Army; 20th Army; 22nd Army; 24th Army; 28th Army; 40th Army; 50th Army; ; Southwestern Front 5th Army; 6th Army; 12th Army; 21st Army; 26th Army; 37th Army; ; Southern Front 9th Army; 18th Army; Coastal Army; ;
Strength
Frontline strength (22 June 1941) 3.8 million personnel; 3,350–3,795 tanks; 3,030–3,072 other AFVs; 2,770–5,369 aircraft; 7,200–23,435 artillery pieces; 17,081 mortars; 600,000 horses ; 600,000 vehicles ;	Frontline strength (22 June 1941) 2.6–2.9 million personnel; 11,000 tanks; 7,133–9,100 military aircraft; ;
Casualties and losses
Total military casualties:; 1,000,000+ Breakdown Casualties of 1941: According to German Army medical reports (including Army Norway): 186,452 killed; 40,157 missing; 655,179 wounded in action; 8,000 evacuated sick; 2,827 aircraft destroyed; 2,735 tanks destroyed; 104 assault guns destroyed; Other involved country losses 114,000+ casualties (at least 39,000 dead or missing); 8,700 casualties; 5,000+ casualties; 3,730 casualties; ;	Total military casualties:; 4,973,820 Breakdown Casualties of 1941: Based on Soviet archives: 566,852 killed in action; 235,339 died from non-combat causes; 1,336,147 sick or wounded via combat and non-combat causes; 2,335,482 missing in action or captured; c. 500,000 Soviet reservists captured while still mobilizing; 21,200 aircraft lost; 20,500 tanks destroyed; ;

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^ ^a ^b ^c Clark 2012, p. 73.
^ Glantz 2001, p. 9.
^ ^a ^b ^c Glantz 2010a, p. 20.
^ ^a ^b ^c Liedtke 2016, p. 220.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Askey 2014, p. 80.
^ Liedtke 2016, p. 220, of which 259 assault guns.
^ Bergström 2007, p. 129.
^ ^a ^b Glantz & House 2015, p. 384.
^ Glantz 2001, p. 9, states 2.68 million.
^ Glantz 1998, pp. 10–11, 101, 293, states 2.9 million.
^ Taylor 1974, p. 98, states 2.6 million.
^ Mercatante 2012, p. 64.
^ Clark 2012, p. 76.
^ Glantz 2010a, p. 28, states 7,133 aircraft.
^ Mercatante 2012, p. 64, states 9,100 aircraft.
^ Clark 2012, p. 76, states 9,100 aircraft.
^ Askey 2014, p. 178.
^ ^a ^b Bergström 2007, p. 117.
^ ^a ^b Askey 2014, p. 185.
^ Ziemke 1959, p. 184.
^ Ungváry 2004, p. 33.
^ Krivosheev 1997, pp. 95–98.
^ Sharp 2010, p. 89.

[FOOTNOTEClark201273-2] Clark 2012, p. 73.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz20019-3] Glantz 2001, p. 9.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz2010a20-4] Glantz 2010a, p. 20.

[FOOTNOTELiedtke2016220-5] Liedtke 2016, p. 220.

[FOOTNOTEAskey201480-6] Askey 2014, p. 80.

[FOOTNOTELiedtke2016220of_which_259_assault_guns-7] Liedtke 2016, p. 220, of which 259 assault guns.

[FOOTNOTEBergström2007129-9] Bergström 2007, p. 129.

[FOOTNOTEGlantzHouse2015384-10] Glantz & House 2015, p. 384.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz20019states_2.68_million-11] Glantz 2001, p. 9, states 2.68 million.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz199810–11,_101,_293states_2.9_million-12] Glantz 1998, pp. 10–11, 101, 293, states 2.9 million.

[FOOTNOTETaylor197498states_2.6_million-13] Taylor 1974, p. 98, states 2.6 million.

[FOOTNOTEMercatante201264-14] Mercatante 2012, p. 64.

[FOOTNOTEClark201276-15] Clark 2012, p. 76.

[FOOTNOTEGlantz2010a28states_7,133_aircraft-16] Glantz 2010a, p. 28, states 7,133 aircraft.

[FOOTNOTEMercatante201264states_9,100_aircraft-17] Mercatante 2012, p. 64, states 9,100 aircraft.

[FOOTNOTEClark201276states_9,100_aircraft-18] Clark 2012, p. 76, states 9,100 aircraft.

[FOOTNOTEAskey2014178-19] Askey 2014, p. 178.

[FOOTNOTEBergström2007117-21] Bergström 2007, p. 117.

[FOOTNOTEAskey2014185-22] Askey 2014, p. 185.

[FOOTNOTEZiemke1959184-25] Ziemke 1959, p. 184.

[FOOTNOTEUngváry200433-27] Ungváry 2004, p. 33.

[FOOTNOTEKrivosheev199795–98-28] Krivosheev 1997, pp. 95–98.

[FOOTNOTESharp201089-29] Sharp 2010, p. 89.

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