Saturday, October 20, 2012

Hugging the bear

Nazi dreams faded after Hitler invaded Russia

It is said that history repeats itself, and who else can testify the same better than ‘History’ itself. During WorldWar II, Adolf Hitler did what Napoleon did in WW I. Hitler’s invasion of Russia wouldn’t have been a failed attempt and Stalin wouldn’t have seen a peak, have Hitler listened to his generals. Hitler and his team of generals knew (who were actually against attacking Stalingrad) that Stalingrad would be tough to invade and may cost them heavily. In the mean time (span of six long months) Russians mobilised their industry and even the weather condition deteriorated. During operation Barbarossa, the German army was not prepared for the Russian winter or Serbian winter. The German army was not fully equipped to fight the cold Serbian weather. Even Stalin brought all his troops from the east to the west (after realising that Japan is not a bigger threat per se) and his army slaughtered the Germans. The final blow came in when Hitler refused to allow his generals to retreat, even when it was for sure that they have no potion left. This led to death of thousands of Germans men in the Eastern front. Moreover, Hitler’s orders to German army to use “maximum cruelty” made Russians people to fight back and eventually support Stalin.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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