How far did the original Operation Barbarrosa intended to go east?

Answer 1

As I recall, the original plan was to run to a line extending approximately from Leningrad to Moscow, then follow the Volga (? I think) in a bulge to the south that would include Georgia and then the entire Caucasus for the oilfields. The planners figured that the rest of Russia wasn't worth the effort and could be left to the rest of the 'Untermensch' (at least until the German race needed more lebensraum, anyway).

Answer 2

The original plan was a fast conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union. In other words, they were planning to make the A-A line (an imaginary line connecting the cities of Arkhangelsk to the North and Astrakhan to the South) the borders of the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. The land beyond the Ural mountains was originally seen as undesirable.

However, as the war ravaged, the plan changed. The Nazis wanted to conquer the Urals also, so that they can send the Slavic population and other minorities beyond the mountains and thus away from Europe.

Answer 3

As far as possible, the aim was to crush the soviets, by capturing Moscow . I am romanian, and our armies fouth on the southern front togheter with the germans. Capturing Moscow was the greatest objective but Hitler ( as we both know) was a complete and utter idiot when it came to being clear, precise and decisive in both in tactical and strategigal decisions.
. Imagine a line down from leningrad, through moscow and all the way to the Caucasus. That was what the germans wanted to do. Anyway, had operations Barbarosa succeded, and Moscow and the other great russian cities taken, probably the Reich would have pushed as far as possible to eliminate any threat

Answer 4

The operational goal of Operation Barbarossa was the rapid conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union, west of a line connecting the cities of Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, often referred to as the A-A line

Answer 5

Hitler's goal was to control russia as far as the Volga river.