Tag Archives: Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa: The Road to Disaster

Posted on June 19, 2024 by odeboyz

Nazi Germany’s pre-1941 successes were unprecedented. They are epitomised by the 1939 diplomatic coup, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty. The partition of Poland followed immediately. 1940 saw crushing victories in western Europe. Germany’s triumphs weren’t critically analysed by either the political or … Continue reading →

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Hitler’s Invasion Plan: Operation Sea Lion, 1940

Posted on June 3, 2021 by odeboyz

Hitler issued Directive No. 16 on July 16 [1940]…., “As England, in spite of the hopelessness of her military position, has so far shown herself unwilling to come to any compromise, I have decided to begin to prepare for, and … Continue reading →

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Operation Barbarossa Rebranded

Posted on February 17, 2020 by odeboyz

Germany, the Fatherland, attacked Russia, the Motherland. An act of domestic abuse? Chris

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The importance of the Winter War: Finland’s resistance to the Soviet Union, November 1939- March 1940

Posted on May 4, 2018 by odeboyz

  The Soviet Union’s victory over Finland, March 1940, followed a very competitive war, which was unexpected. This, military observers believed, resulted from Stalin’s purge of the Red Army, 1937-8, which had badly weakened the military capacity of the Soviet … Continue reading →

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The Fatal Flaws in Operation Barbarossa 1941

Posted on March 31, 2016 by odeboyz

“With Russia* smashed, Britain’s last hope would be shattered….. If we start in May 1941, we would have five months to finish the job.”** Adolf Hitler 31st July 1940 The German High Command ought to have opposed Hitler’s cherished ambition … Continue reading →

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