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War Without Garlands: Operation Barbarossa 1941

War Without Garlands: Operation Barbarossa 1941. Overview. Prelude Planning Russia Ostheer War of Annihilation Operations Moscow Conclusions. Prelude. Track Record of Victories Poland France / Norway Balkans Technology and Training Racial Superiority Faith in Hitler Nazi Machine.

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War Without Garlands: Operation Barbarossa 1941

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  1. War Without Garlands:Operation Barbarossa 1941

  2. Overview • Prelude • Planning • Russia • Ostheer • War of Annihilation • Operations • Moscow • Conclusions

  3. Prelude • Track Record of Victories • Poland • France / Norway • Balkans • Technology and Training • Racial Superiority • Faith in Hitler • Nazi Machine

  4. Planning • One Year Process • Faulty Assumptions • Faulty Intelligence Estimates (sort of) • Logistics • Winter • Disagreement

  5. Russia • Vast Distances • Primitive or Non-Existent Road Network • Few Large Cities • Generals Mud and Winter

  6. Ostheer • Nazi or Weimar • Morale at it’s height • Racism • Disciplined • Christian • Well Equipped*

  7. War of Annihilation • The Commissar Order • Battle of Ideologies • Partisan Warfare • Jews • Scorched Earth

  8. Operations

  9. Operations

  10. Moscow • The Grand Prize • Surprise Lost

  11. Conclusions • High Tide for Germany • Wehrmacht Irrevocably Changed • Incorrect Assumptions • Reaping the Whirlwind

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