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Originally Posted by Anton88
Its true and I have a quote where he says "Russia will be our India", - meaning what India was to the British Empire , Russia will be for us..
I have a question to you since you are in Russia and may know things better....-
Do you believe that the attack on the Soviet Union - Barbarossa was a pre-emptive strike? Was Stalin and the Red Army prepared for war and about to invade Germany? And if so - would they have any chance to defeat Germany plus her allies on the European mainland?
I have my own theories,
but I find it hard to believe that the Soviet soldier of 1939-1940 who could not even beat Finland could defeat a Powerful Germany that ruled the whole continent.
I think the only thing that could destroy the III Reich was a war with Russia in Russia.
He went to the East expecting a quick victory, with no winter clothing no nothing.. He ended up loosing 80% of his Soldiers.
(8 out of 10 Wehrmacht soldiers were killed in Russia or in fighting Russian soldiers) and then loosing the war.
Sweden, France and now Germany have destroyed themselves as world power by invading Russia.
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Looking at the map Stalingrad seems to be a bit more eastward than Moscow so tactically I think it would make more sense to go straight for Moscow but since the city held Stalin's name Hitler wanted to win there bad before hostilities were to end with Russia I guess. Thankfully the Russians knew how to fight in cold weather, that gave them a major advantage. I guess moral of the story is don't invade Russia if you can't finish the job by the end of fall, Napoleon learned the hard way too.
For those who want to read a German's perspective of the eastern front read "Tigers in the Mud" by Otto Carius. He was a Panzer commander who fought with Tiger tanks against the Russians.