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How many tanks and aircraft did Germany use in Operation Barbarossa?
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Operation Barbarossa
German soldiers fighting in the Soviet Union as part of Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
For the campaign against the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa, the German forces were equipped with approximately 3,000 tanks and 2,500 aircraft.12