notes
-Initial attack on the Russians breaking the non-agression pact
-Get within 50 miles of Moscow
-Weren't equipped for the Russian winter and this was detrimental
-Russia sent Siberian Soldiers to fight in the cold
-Get within 50 miles of Moscow
-Weren't equipped for the Russian winter and this was detrimental
-Russia sent Siberian Soldiers to fight in the cold
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Summary
HItlers ultimate dream was to destroy the USSR and to carve out an empire for his master race of Germans. By the summer of 1941, he felt the time was right to fulfill his dream of victory. Germans fiercely advanced into USSR territory and even had Stalin questioning wether or not he should surrender. The Red army (USSR) reorganized in the winter of 1941-1942 and turned this war around to become the most extraordinary defeat of Hitler in history. Hitlers overconfidence and unpreparedness caused him to be defeated by the USSR. ( cold winter,) There defeat was also due to the fact that the US and Britain contribution of food, motor vehicles, raw materials.
Germans broke non-aggression pact, and attempted to capture Stalingrad.
Germans broke non-aggression pact, and attempted to capture Stalingrad.