Nazi Germany conducted Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 , the tide gradually turned against the Nazis , who suffered major military defeats in 1943 .	German invasion	Operation Barbarossa	Soviet Union	Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa -LRB- German : Unternehmen Barbarossa -RRB- was the code name for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II , which was launched on Sunday 22 June 1941 .	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	World War II	World War II	code name	code name	Nazi Germany	Nazi Germany
