The prevailing view of the Reich’s invasion of the Soviet Union is based on misinformation. It is commonly held that the rapacious land-hungry Reich made a fatal blunder in taking on the unprepared but plucky Russians. This is a fairy tale as far removed from reality as are Hans Christian Andersen’s children’s tales.
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