1. What was Operation Barbarossa and why was it so important?
While watching this documentary, please write the following on your mini-whiteboard:
2 things that you already knew
2 things you have learned
1 thing you have more questions about

2. What was Operation Barbarossa and why was it so important?
All must be able to recall what Operation Barbarossa was and identify a few reasons for it’s failure (L3c-4b)
Most should be able to describe German strengths and weaknesses that led to the Russian victory (4a-5a)
Some could explain why Operation Barbarossa failed and why the failure was significant (6c+)

3. Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the name given to Nazi Germany’s invasion of Russia on June 22nd 1941.
Barbarossa the largest military attack of World War 2
The Germans and their allies used 3 million soldiers, 3580 tanks, 7184 artillery guns, 1830 planes and 750,000 horses.
The German army’s advance had been so fast that its supply and communication lines failed to keep up.
In November 1942 the Red Army launched a counter-attack at Stalingrad, gradually surrounding a German force of 300,000 soldiers, and cut it off from its supply chain
Throughout the winter, many more German soldiers froze and starved to death. The remaining 90,000 Germans eventually surrendered in January 1943.

4. Have students add the military advancements to their maps.

5. Colour code One colour for German weaknesses
Another colour for Russian strengths

6. Time to debate
You have 5 minutes to put together an argument based on what you already know, your notes, and the handout given.
1s- German weaknesses led to the failure of Operation Barbarossa.
2s- Russian strengths led to the failure of Operation Barbarossa.

7. What was Operation Barbarossa and why was it so important?
All must be able to recall what Operation Barbarossa was and identify a few reasons for it’s failure (L3c-4b)
Most should be able to describe German strengths and weaknesses that led to the Russian victory (4a-5a)
Some could explain why Operation Barbarossa failed and why the failure was significant (6c+)