battle, landmark, interwar and Second World War
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a battle fought in 1941 at Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in what is now Lithuania. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Axis strategic failure.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1941 (year precision) to 1941 | |
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| Place | Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania 55.200N, 24.000E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Territorial change | Axis captured approximately 600,000 of Soviet territory but failed to reach the A–A line | |
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The ground today


The recorded site stands at about 56 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 122 m, 122 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 77% cropland, 12% tree cover, 8% grassland.
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.Nearest engagements
- Kaunas Offensive 1944, 32 km S
- Siege of Kaunas 1362, 34 km S
- Battle of Rossieny 1941, 48 km W
- Battle of Wilkomierz 1435, 49 km E
- Battle of Ginietyny 1863, 52 km NE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Merdjayoun 19 June 1941
- After: Bombing of Minsk in World War II 1941
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Sevastopol Russia
- Philippines Campaign Philippines
- Battle of Hong Kong People's Republic of China
- Battle of Guam United States
Operation Barbarossa is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Lithuania.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q83055, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Barbarossa, revision 1383720080, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.