The German invasion of the Soviet Union is exactly 75 years ago today lads. ITT we discuss why anyone in their right mind would have believed this a good idea
Because in WW1, Russia crumpled politically when you had a bunch of Germans charging in and beating them in the field, and they assumed the same would happen again.
cuz dem mf commies needed to go lmoa
Because of Hitler's racist ideology. He wanted to genocide eastern lands and replace the populace with Germans.
He thought it was a good idea because he was a knuckle dragging racist.
>>1320717
>implying it wasn't
They almost made it; if they didn't get diverted by Italy's fuckups they probably would have scored Moscow
>>1321121
Capturing Moscow doesn't mean ending the war. Let's imagine a scenario where the Germany army reaches the AA line. Even then it would take vast amount of resources to keep order and German control. More than Germany could ever put out in the long term.
Operation Bagration started today as well ITT as well we discuss what made this operation so awesome.
I'll start.
>everything
Hitler was a Napoleonboo so he obviously knew what the fuck could happen
YOLO XDDD
this is what happens when your leader is a meth head
>>1320825
This.
Plenty of excuses to be made, but at the end of the day, he substituted his own feels about the military capabilities of his enemies for any sort of real intelligence analysis.
>>1321364
The butthurt was probably unimaginable especially since they simultaneously were getting their shit pushed in at Normandy.
>We only lost at Normandy because we had to focus on the Eastern Front more!
>We only lost on the Eastern Front because the Allies distracted us at Normandy!
>>1321681
it definitely shows in Manstein's memoirs if you care to read them.
it's mostly passing the buck to Hitler for all the gaffs and mistakes in Russia and claiming how he had the keys to win the war if not for Hitler and every other excuse in the book.
>>1321542
This and dismissing the research by Jewish scientists that would directly lead to nuclear weapons as inferior "Jewish Physics". Hell, German rocket science, which could have created game changing SAMs, was wasted on useless and expensive V1 and V2s. Science, logic and Naziism do not mix.
>>1321719
His book is another chapter in the wehraboo bible - anything to deflect responsibility for defeat from the precious, blameless and uniquely mighty Wehrmacht! The cult surrounding Rommel (PBUH) is especially bad, for winning (actually, mostly losing) on an unimportant front while pissing off his superiors and bitching about Hitler while being one of Hitlers most trusted generals. At least Romme died for his bitchiness, everyone else in the Werhmacht was an elitist cu.ck who would bitch a good game but do nothing to stop Hitler from fucking with their commands.
