Operation Barbarossa The only successful attempt to conquer Russia was by the Mongolian army under the leadership of the great Genghis Khan in the 1200’s. Many other historical figures have tried to repeat his accomplishments, which somehow eventually led to their downfall. Adolf Hitler was the most recent to try to duplicate Khan’s achievements. The codename for Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was Operation Barbarossa, named after a German emperor that won …showed first 75 words of 1210 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1210 total…winter and any other surprises the Russians threw at him. He should have listened to his generals when they told him to send all units to Moscow in 1941, instead of attacking Kiev and he should have abandoned his campaign in the Balkans. The world was lucky that the Russians adversary was stubborn and incompetent military leader, for if it were a half-intelligent man, the world would be a much different place than it is today.