IsabelleLiu

Period2
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Barbarossa:Hitler'sAttackonRussia
Hitler'sinvasionwasfortmorepsychologicalreasonsthanpolitical
HitleralwaysplannedoncrushingRussia'sgovernment,economy,andpeople
HitlerandRussia
Hitlersawcommunismashisonlyobstacle,sawRussiaas"avastlandbeyondthepale
ofcivilization
AfterbecomingChancellor,Hitlermadeamutualrearmamentagreementandconstantly
builtupthearmy
AtemporaryalliancewithRussiaallowedHitlertocrushpagequicklyandavoidatwo
frontwar
"Instartingandwagingwar,itisnotRightthatmatters,butVictory"
Aug23:nonaggressionpactsigned
Aug26:attackonPoland
Sept1:England&Francedeclarewar
Hitler'shatredforRussiagrewasStalinbecamemorelandhungrywantedtoattackin
1940butwasstoppedbystaff
HitlerwasconvincedtheyneededtodestroyMoscowtodestroyEngland(butthatwasn't
thecase)
BerlinmeetingbetweenMolotovandRibbentropandlaterHitlerwasthelastspark
MolotovwaslaconicanddeterminedinfrontofHitler
OperationBarbarossasetMay25astherapiddestructionofRussia
InvasionwaseagerlyawaitedbutpostponedbecauseItalyneededhelpandthecoup
d'etatinYugoslavia
postponementputthetroopsinRussianwinter
whenHitlerbriefedofficers,somewerehorrified,buttooscaredtospeakup
Hitlersentthemostdivisions,tanks,andplanesasasurprise
Barbarossa:HolyRomanEmpirecrusaderwhofailedintheEast
June22:anniversaryofNapoleon'sinvasionofRussia
StalinandGermany
SovietUnionwassavedbyitsintendedspace,manpower,resources,andWINTER
GreatPurgeof1930scrippledSovietsociety,incl.seniorofficers
Topfieldcommanderswerecertainofdefeat,butcontinuedinfearofStalin
1956:NikitaKhrushchevchallengedStalinasamilitarycommanderbecauseofhis
nervousness&theGreatPurge
Stalinclaimedthenonaggressionpactgavethemtimetobuildupanarmytobecome
equalinstrengthandgainland
FailedtoconsiderHitler'srapidpace
ResultofStalin'sdislikeofBritainandFrance'spolicies(espChurchill&
AngleAmericans)
StalindismissedwarningsofGermanaggression
BritishandAmericanwarningswere"capitalistprovocations"
WaitedforanultimatumfromGermany
"Hewastooblindedbyhisownideologicalbiasestookcredittheveracityoftruthful
AngloAmericaninformationheattributedtoHitlerabasicallyrationalviewof
RussoGermanrelationsandwasunabletounderstandthenatureofHitler'sirrational
andmindlesshatredforRussiaand,finally,whenthedreadfultruthbecameclear,Stalin
founditsimplicationssohorrendousthathewassimplyunabletofacethe
consequences"(45)
Conclusion
Hitler'sexcessivesuperegoimplantedbyhisfatherbecameagarrisoninaconquered
city
Hitlerwasthesymbolofaleaderrebel
StalinsawthatsoldierswouldnotlaydowntheirlivesforCommunismbutforRussiaso
heappealedtonationalloyalties
Hitlerlostbecausehehatedeverythingincl.Germans,whileStalinwonbecauseheloved
theRussians
Hitlerdidn'tlearnfrommistakes,butStalindidearlyon
Hitlerwasconqueredbyhismadness,whileStalinremainedhiscomposure