why,how and when did Germany attack the soviet union in ww2?

Answer 1

The german invasion of the USSR began on june 22, 1941, and was known as "Operation Barbarossa,"(a rather Ironic title in hindsight.) It is is considered to be the largest and most brutal single military campaign in history.

As for the causes, they are complex, and I don't think I know enough to explain them here. It can be at least partly chalked down to Hitler's own ego, his fear and hatred of the communists, and his willingness to ignore his advisors.

P.S: It is a good thing that Hitler was a much better speaker and politician, than he was a tactician. He should never have botherd with the USSR, and focused on Britain instead. Once he had secured all of western europe, then he might have been able to take on the east.

Answer 2

June 22nd 1941 at 0300 local time (not %100 on time though). Hitler attacked the Soviets, not the German High Command. Everyone was against it but he was the fuheur so no one said anything. The reason I most believe is his total insane hatred for the communist belief. The hole living space thing isn't really true. Most can argue that it was also for resources. Hitler had these things coming in abundance from recently captured territories or new allies however. Plus the Soviets were sending HUGE amounts of raw materials to the Germans. It has been agreed by most the historians I've spoken to that Stalin probably would have attacked the Germans by 1943 at the latest due to his views on the Nazi ideals, plus Churchill was all but begging him to join the war against the Germans. So a pre-emptive strike is probably the best answer I can give you. Most on the German High Command did believe that the Soviets were going to attack and saw that war as inevitable. They wanted England out of the way first though, so gave no real support to Hitler in his planning of Operation Barbarossa (Invasion of Soviet Union). The plan the GHC did come up with called Operation Otto was thrown out by Hitler because it's main goal was the capture of Moscow, while Hitler thought he could destroy the Soviet Army before the Germans even reached Moscow. Hence the encirclement operations that occured instead of just turning the panzers loose for the capital. Hope this helps

Answer 3

Hitler always intended to attack the Soviet Union to gain an empire in the East to populate with germans as he laid out in his book Mein Kampf. He saw the people to the east of Germany as inferior races and only fit to be slaves.
Although he had a pact with the Soviet Union before the war, this was on ly to prevent them from forming an alliance with the western powers.
He attacked in massive force in June 1941 and the german panzers simply overwhelmed a poorly trained and led soviet army.
After the initial shock the soviets increased their resistance and were able to prevent Hitler from capturing Leningrad and stopped his army just before Moscow.
The germans expected to have crushed the soviet army by then and were ill prepared for the russian winter which increased their casualties.
Although the war lasted another three and a half years the germans were never able to repeat their early unopposed successes and after the massive defeat at Stalingrad it was only a matter of time before they lost the war.

Answer 4

I Believe the Germans Burned down one of their own museums and blamed the Russians,this caused and uproar.

If you want to go to war you have to make sure the general public is behind you 100%

Answer 5

I Believe the Germans Burned down one of their own museums and blamed the Russians