Overrated events/persons in history?

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by STEED

Not sure.

As your on the subject area..

Barbarossa 1941

On paper looked possible, true to say Hitler did attack in the right year but long term planning and logistical support was poor. After the big punch of the first three weeks the army groups started to fan out and the problems set in. Hitler and his cronies believed in the great German will power, short sighted thinking.

I think that the German military and everyone else was fooled by blitzkrieg and the fact that as yet (when Barbarossa was planned) no enemy had yet countered it. To think that they would make it all the way to Moscow and capture it before the Soviet military could bring about an effective counter was foolish. Granted they got close 20 miles but did not reach surround or most important actually capture Moscow.