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The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty/Operation Barbarossa Student Worksheet
In this primary source analysis instructional activity, students read a copy of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty and respond to 17 short answer questions about it as well as the reactions to it. Links to the text are included.
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Early German Axis Successes and Failures
For this Axis successes and failures worksheet, students read about the Axis Powers and Allied Powers. Students read the dates of Axis successes, and about the Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Midway, and El...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Invasion of the Soviet Union and the Beginnings of Mass Murder
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and indiscriminately shot Jewish women and children because they were worthless and couldn't contribute to the workforce. Read a summary of this invasion and how it related to Hitler's Final...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Operation Barbarossa: Survivors Testimonies
Click on a survivor's name to read eye-witness testimony of Operation Barbarossa. Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi's military invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
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The German Invasion of the Soviet Union
Summarizes events that occurred during the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Close Combat: Germany Attacks the Soviet Union
A description of the 1941 German attack upon the Soviet Union, violating the Nazi-Soviet pack and opening another front of the war.