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To: PzLdr; dfwgator

Hitler and his general staff both miscalculated when they believed they could defeat the USSR in one summer campaign season with the war material on hand. It was physically impossible to accomplish. Barbarossa required at least a two year campaign with the German economy placed on a full war footing, which it was not.

More on this next summer.


19 posted on 09/21/2010 11:10:38 AM PDT by henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
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To: henkster
More on this next summer.

I'll bet we don't have to wait that long.

21 posted on 09/21/2010 12:01:55 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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