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Barbarossa
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Barbarossa When Germany invaded Russia in 1941, they did so neither near-sighted or as a “back-handed” diplomatic ploy. While Russia remained a key objective to Hitler, it was also seen as a necessity for long-term victory and survival in Europe for Germany. “Plan Yellow”, as developed by Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, called upon the pre-emptive strike against an imperialistic Russia, using speed and superior leadership as keys to victory. To always remember the axiom: “History is written by the conquerers,” is key to the history of the German-Russian War 1941-1945. This paper intends to not only convey the necessity and the upside of a German attack and subsequent victorys but also the Russian Army’s offense stance of 1941. As Field Marshal Fedor von Bock wrote in his diaries “A sense of fright came over the OKH” (German High Command) “With no more enemies, who do we wait for to fight? Alas they had been waiting for us.” Germany in 1941 had reached a high point. The German economy, bolstered by it’s newly conquered lands, stood by itself with no equal. The citizenery had not witnessed victory like 1939-1941 since the day of Fredrich the Great. Germany, bolstered by such a booming economy and national morale, had yet to truly begin it’s “witch-hunts,” nor had any of it’s concentration camps. While Jews were politically and often violently blamed and attacked for Germany’s ills, Hitler and the Nazi regime had at this point no...
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