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To: mass55th
Hitler invaded Russia in order to get control of Russia's oil fields.

It was lebensraum. The oil fields were secondary.

40 posted on 04/04/2024 2:43:21 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman
"It was lebensraum. The oil fields were secondary."

Hitler wasn't able to keep up producing the supply of synthetic oil he needed to run his military. He invaded Russia to take control of Russia's natural resources. Lebenstraum in Russia was the least on his mind at that time in the war. He had all the other countries he'd invaded for that plan. And he never would have conquered all of Russia to gain access to the whole country anyway. He chose poorly to begin with, and then he split his army, which was his downfall.

64 posted on 04/04/2024 5:54:57 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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