Quote Originally Posted by Dawg61 View Post
Wow why on earth Germany would even attempt to invade that is suicide. The shear size of the country, their huge army and terrible climate should be enough to deter any invader. Did Hitler not have any knowledge of how Russia fights a war on their own land? Hitler just had a death wish for himself and his entire country. He had the war won. Just finish off Britain and it's over. Done. He chose instead to murder 20+ million more people and ensure Germany loses.
It was actually a good plan that was known to be a gamble. If I remember right, it took the German army something like 50 days to relocate and prepare for the Russian invasion when it was supposed to take 15. The winter hit them 10 days out from St Petersburg.