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Operation Barbarossa
German soldiers fighting in the Soviet Union as part of Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
At the start of Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, General Wilhelm von Leebās Army Group North launched its offensive from East Prussia. The army group struck through the Baltic states with the objective of advancing toward Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). As the campaign progressed, Hitler eventually halted Leebās northward drive on the outskirts of the city as winter approached.12