Quotes about Operation Barbarossa

Alexey Arbatov

Not since June 1941 has the Russian military stood as perilously close to ruin as it does now.

June 1941 was the date that Nazi Germany invaded Russia.

Winston Churchill

In Hitler's launching of the Nazi campaign upon Russia we can already see, after less than six months of fighting, that he made one of the outstanding blunders of history, and the results so far realized constitute an event of cardinal importance in the final decision of the war.

Adolf Hitler

When Barbarossa commences, the world will hold its breath and make no comment.

Charles de Gaulle

No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

Frank Knox

We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.

Heinz Guderian

We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.

The Germans had invaded Russia who despite losing over 20 million people continued to fight the Germans who had never had to deploy forces over such a large territory. But it was the severe Russian Winter that turned the tide. Germans were not equipped or dressed for the terrible winter. The Russians were used to it. The Germans were repulsed and had to retreat back into Germany.

Norman Davies

The Russian myths of the Second World War are still intact.

Erwin Rommel

Manstein is a man of illusions. ... He believes Hitler will listen to facts.

Leopold Trepper

On December 18, 1940, Hitler signed Directive Number 21, better known as Operation Barbarossa.

Operation Barbarossa Quotes