Operation Barbarossa and the Holocaust by Bullets—Top-Down Forces

Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941 when three million German troops entered Soviet territory. Following the Wehrmacht came the 3000 or so members of the four Einsatzgruppen units and at least nine thousand Order Police—about 18 battalions in all. 2 As the Germans rapidly advanced into Soviet territory, large numbers of Red Army sol- ................
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