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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa (German: "Unternehmen Barbarossa") was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, which started on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. The operation stemmed from Nazi Germany's ideological aims to conquer the western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans (Lebensraum), to use Slavs as a slave labour force for the Axis war effort and to annihilate the rest according to Generalplan Ost, and to acquire the oil reserves of the Caucasus and
Operation Barbarossa with 8th Rifle Corps, 26th Army, Southwestern Front. Wiped out at Izyum May 1942. Recreated Balachov Aug 1942. Fought at Stalingrad. Became 88th Guards Rifle Division Apr 1943. Recreated from 99th Rifle Brigade May 1943. Fought near Zhitomir and in Carpathians. With 46th Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front 5.45. Disbanded 1945–46. See also  See also
- 100th Rifle Division — established Berdichev Nov 1923. Fought in Winter War with Finland. Became 1st Guards Rifle Division Sep 1941. Recreated Vologda Mar 1942