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OK so Hitler started a war on the Western front by attacking Poland, then one year later went and invaded France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.
Well, the Soviet Union already made an attempt to invade Western Europe (which obviously includes Germany) through invading Poland after forcefully annexing it, which they failed to do in their first attempt. Stalin was determined in fulfilling Lenin's dream, so there was no doubt that the Soviet Union, which was complicit in the invasion of Poland in 1939, and thus formed a common border with Germany, was once again preparing for a direct invasion of Europe, otherwise what's the point of stationing more than 3 million troops on the border with Germany while Germany's armies were busy fighting Britain and France?Then he attacked those "bloody Communists" (the Soviet Union) in self-defense?
Even if that somehow made sense, then it was pointless in the end because he lost. The biggest reason for why he lost is because he opened up the Eastern Front by attacking the Soviet Union.
Well, if he didn't attack whole of Europe would have been lost to Communism and the hammer and sickle would have been raised in every European capital. The same ruthlessness and barbarity witnessed by the Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and eventually by the Germans at the hands of the red army would have been the fate of every other European people and nations.
Lets get a few things straight first:
As i said above, in order to invade a nation which declared war on you, you need a common border, so in order to invade France (remember, French declared war on Germany, not the other way around), you need to invade Belgium and the surrounding countries.
Hitler's biggest issue was with the Communists and particularly the Soviet Union. I think we can all agree on that.
So why did he invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Greece, Yugoslavia, Denmark and Norway?
If he was really serious about taking on the Soviet Union, then why did he invade half of Europe first?
3). As i said above, in order to invade a nation which declared war on you, you need a common border, so in order to invade France (remember, French declared war on Germany, not the other way around), you need to invade Belgium and the surrounding countries. The British and French too made massive armored and infantry movements through Belgium to invade Germany, but that is not considered a violation of Belgian sovereignty, only when Germany did so did it became a "unjustified invasion".
hitler didnt declared war on england and france it was they both who started it by declaring war on germanyThe bottom line is that Hitler screwed himself. If he wanted to fight the Soviet Union, he could have done so right away after the invasion of Poland.
He didn't need to invade all those other countries first. It made no sense for him to first invade half the countries in Europe, and THEN attack the Soviet Union, surrounding himself from all sides.
As your map clearly shows, Germany already had a land border with France. They didn't need to "make" a land border.
The bottom line is that Hitler screwed himself. If he wanted to fight the Soviet Union, he could have done so after the invasion of Poland. He didn't need to invade all those other countries first.
Hitler's biggest issue was with the Communists and particularly the Soviet Union. I think we can all agree on that.
So why did he invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Greece, Yugoslavia, Denmark and Norway?
If he was really serious about taking on the Soviet Union, then why did he invade half of Europe first?
hitler didnt declared war on england and france it was they both who started it by declaring war on germany
So what your saying is that Hitler should have first invaded a country (Soviet Union) that had not declared a war on him before securing his rear against France and Britain, two countries that did declare war on him?
That's not a good military strategy. Hitler first secured his rear by capturing France, the only country that could have threatened him in Mainland Western Europe, before moving on to Soviet Union. The British alone could not have done much since they were being strangled by German U-boats.
The Maginot Line was impenetrable from a frontal attack, so the smartest thing to do is to isolate it from the rest of the French armies and cut of its supply source.
He didn't need to invade all those other countries first. It made no sense for him to first invade half the countries in Europe, and THEN attack the Soviet Union, surrounding himself from all sides.
surrounding himself from all sides.
So what your saying is that Hitler should have first invaded a country (Soviet Union) that had not declared a war on him before securing his rear against France and Britain, two countries that did declare war on him?
That's not a good military strategy. Hitler first secured his rear by capturing France, the only country that could have threatened him in Mainland Western Europe, before moving on to Soviet Union. The British alone could not have done much since they were being strangled by German U-boats.
The Maginot Line was impenetrable from a frontal attack, so the smartest thing to do is to isolate it from the rest of the French armies and cut of its supply source.
Let me ask you this:
Why did the British station troops in Greece (military occupation)?
Why were British expeditionary and naval forces on their way to Denmark and and Norway, which then prompted Hitler to invade those countries to secure the mineral deposits in those countries?
Why did the Soviet Union invade Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Moldova, etc......
Why did Stalin allow Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to be signed in Moscow?
Wrong, he secured Western Europe first, with the exception of Britain, but they couldn't do nothing sitting across the channel being strangled by the U-Boats.
No, it was Germany that caused it by invading Poland. The Germans knew that by invading Poland they would also be starting a war with Britain, France, Australia, Canada, etc.
Which is why the war in the Western front wasn't as bloody and ruthless as it was in the East.Well his greatest enemy was the Soviet Communists right? Not all the little countries in Europe?
So what did Hitler achieve in the end? Except for a catastrophic loss for Nazi Germany, and helping the USSR become a superpower in the post-war period?
He hated the Soviet Union, yet through his catastrophic war in Europe, he helped the Soviet Union ascend to become a superpower.