Inspektor Kukeke, 16 märts 2008, 15:45, kirjutas:
Sakslaste arust ei pidanud sõda enne talve läbi saama. Nad lihtsalt lootsid talveks Moskva vallutada ja Punaarmee enamvähem laiali tallata, et kevadel saaks uue hooga minna ja asi lõplikult ära teha. Aga Moskva all satuti hätta.
Plaan Barbarossa, mis kinnitati esmalt 18.12.1940 nägi ette N.Liidu ründamist ja vallutamist. 3 päeva hiljem 21.12.1940 kinnitas Hitler Barbarossa plaani, mis nägi ette sõja lõpetamist aastaks 1942. Nimelt lootis Hitler, et kui Moskva ära vallutada, siis annab ülejäänud NL lihtsalt alla.
http://en.wikipedia....tion_Barbarossa
Date June 22, 1941–December 1941
Location Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Western Russia
Result Initial Axis operational victories, overall strategic Axis failure.
Tsitaat
Hitler was also overconfident due to his rapid success in Western Europe, as well as the Red Army's ineptitude in the Winter War against Finland in 1939–40. He expected victory in a few months and did not prepare for a war lasting into the winter; his troops lacked adequate clothing and preparations for a longer campaign when they began their attack. The assumption that the Soviet Union would quickly capitulate would prove to be his undoing.