1. Barbarossa was an emperor of Germany during the Middle Ages who was said to have united a vast region under his rule. How does this relate to the German code name Operation Barbarossa? Operation Barbarossa was the plan to get rid of the Pope and install Hitler as the head of the German Catholic church. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of Poland, where Germans ousted Polish farmers and took their land. Hitler believed that there were no Jews during Barbarossa's time, and he wanted to make Germany that way again. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union to acquire more land for Germany.

1. Barbarossa was an emperor of Germany during the Middle Ages who was said to have united a vast region under his rule. How does this relate to the German code name Operation Barbarossa? Operation Barbarossa was the plan to get rid of the Pope and install Hitler as the head of the German Catholic church. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of Poland, where Germans ousted Polish farmers and took their land. Hitler believed that there were no Jews during Barbarossa's time, and he wanted to make Germany that way again. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union to acquire more land for Germany.