Invading the Soviet Union 1941 - Just Stupid? - Barbarossa without Hindsight

The German Invasion of the Soviet Union 1941 is often called "just stupid" by various people, although the operation clearly failed, the statement woefully ignores the knowledge of the time, since even the Allies assumed a German victory, which is not so "stupid" considering both the Soviet & German track record in Summer 1941. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » SOURCES « Kahn, Martin: ‘Russia Will Assuredly Be Defeated’: Anglo-American Government Assessments of Soviet War Potential before Operation Barbarossa, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 25:2 (2012), p. 220-240, DOI: 10.1080/13518046.2012.676498 Link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13518046.2012.676498 Hill, Alexander: The Red Army and the Second World War. Armies of the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2017. Amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2l8SLXG Amazon.de (Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2sZSGce Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2015 amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2MmsmSu amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2JzwKzL Habeck, Mary R.: Dress Rehearsals, 1937-1941. In: Higham, Robin (ed.); Kagan, Frederick W. (ed.): The Military History of the Soviet Union. Palgrave: New York, 2002, p. 93-107 Amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2yo5j70 Amazon.de (Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2yo5FdQ Samuels, Martin: Doctrine and Dogma. German and British Infantry Tactics in the First World War Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2KrdXCO Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2rMtVj1 Citino, Robert M.: The German Way of War. From the Thirty Years’ War to the Third Reich. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2005. Amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2vsQKve Amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2vozlWa Alexander, Martin S.: French grand strategy and defence preparations; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Vol 1 Imlay, Talbot: Western Allied ideology, 1939-1945; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Vol 2 Tooze, Adam; Martin, Jamie: The economics of the war with Nazi Germany; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Vol 3 Edgerton, David: Coal,iron ore and oil in the Second World War; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Vol 3 Link Amazon.com (Affiliate): https://amzn.to/2MDkAnh Link amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2leqNJY Rothenberg Gunther E.: The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2rnWfLO amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2EXDbWC Mikaberidze, Alexander: The Battle of Borodino. Napoleon against Kutuzov. Napoleonic Wars. Campaign Chronicles amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2G21x6L amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2GiSCgq Jones, David R.: From Disaster to Recovery: Russia’s Air Forces in the Two World Wars. In: Higham & Harris: Why Air Forces Fail Amazon.com (affiliate link): http://amzn.to/1Sm5wVj Amazon.de (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2tiZRMZ Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2015 amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2MmsmSu amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2JzwKzL Oberkommando des Heeres: Erfahrungen und Betrachtungen aus dem japanisch-chinesischen Feldzug 1937/38, Berlin, 15. March 1938 http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1048-akte-231-okh-abteilung-fremde-heere-beurteilung-der-japanischen-wehrmacht-erfahrungen-und-bet#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 Herrera, Geoffrey L.: Inventing the Railroad and Rifle Revolution: Information, Military Innovation and the Rise of Germany. In: The Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 27, June 2004, p. 243-271 » DISCLAIMER « Amazon Associates Program: “Bernhard Kast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.” Bernhard Kast ist Teilnehmer des Partnerprogramms von Amazon Europe S.à.r.l. und Partner des Werbeprogramms, das zur Bereitstellung eines Mediums für Websites konzipiert wurde, mittels dessen durch die Platzierung von Werbeanzeigen und Links zu amazon.de Werbekostenerstattung verdient werden können. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone