- Lazy Reservist
- Nov 30, 2005
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Germany's greatest mistake during WWII was to attack Russia. By 1940, they had reclaimed more territory than the German Empire originally laid claim to. Had they halted, and engaged in some form of diplomacy, they might have been able to broker some sort of peace arrangement. Acknowledge a free France west of Alsace, give the Poles territory east of Silesia, and allow other occupied nations status as semi-autonomous states. But instead, Hitler decided that the best course of action was to roll into Russia, not realizing how bad of an idea that was. Germany not only repeated Napoleon's folly, but they left themselves vulnerable on three fronts. Within three years, the allies were able to surround the Axis from the south and west while Germany focused on their Western front. By the time of the Normandy Invasion, Germany had already spent too much of its manpower and materiel trying to conquer, then defend against, the Soviets. Fortress Europe, while still heavily defended, was nowhere near as strong as it could have been.
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