[beavus]

He ignored his own intelligence that Hitler was planning to invade and refused to make any preparations. He thought he had a soulmate in Hitler.

[Archimedes2000]

Absolutely true, and Hitler likewise, in spite of the attack on Russia. In Albert's Speer's book, he writesd that Hitler believed his real enemy was to the West. Speer also reports that Hitler ordered some miltary actions to avoid hitting Stalin's son.