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I'd on occasion wondered why the German plan to invade Russia during the Second World War was codenamed Operation Barbarossa . It doesn't feel like a very Germanic name, and my basic knowledge of Romance languages had me thinking it must mean something along the lines of Operation Redbeard . As such I'd thought it might be some kind of reference to the Red Army, but the actual answer is more…
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