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In other words, in the early days of World War II, the Germans relied on the "torrent of steel" and relied on "lightning tactics" to focus their aggression on the European battlefield.
Moreover, Hitler, who was the leader of the Nazi Party at that time, in order to realize his ambitions and avoid the Eastern Front, the Soviets would take the opportunity to attack him, so he signed the so-called "non-aggression pact" with him by means of delaying the army.
However, what Hitler never expected was that the British were completely more determined to resist them than he expected, and it was in this context that the Germans had to change their previous strategy in order to achieve their goals, and launched an early attack on the Soviet Union without declaring war.
To be fair, let's look at the problem objectively, whether it was Germany or the Soviet Union at that time, as an old power, they were full of ambitions, and in the early days of World War II, when Germany blitzed and occupied Poland, the Soviets did not idle and plundered a large number of valuable resources directly under the eyes of the Germans.
It is precisely because of this that Germany, in order to temporarily alleviate its worries, signed a "non-aggression pact" with the Soviets on the one hand, and on the other hand, they secretly formulated a series of plans to attack the Soviet Union at any time.
In the same period, although the Soviet Union had a certain degree of defensiveness against Germany, what they did not expect was that the Germans had moved their knives on themselves so quickly.
The main idea of German aggression in World War II was "blitzkrieg", that is, with powerful armored troops to fight a quick decision, it was precisely because the speed of the German army was too fast that the Soviets were caught off guard, and in addition to the fact that the German army had obvious advantages in various weapons and materials in the early stages of World War II, as a result, the Soviet-German war was not long, and Moscow was in danger.
However, the weather was unpredictable, and there was a dramatic scene in the Soviet-German War, where the cold currents in Moscow that had not been encountered in a century and a heavy snow accidentally saved the Soviets.
It is precisely because of this cold winter that the German soldiers froze to death in Moscow tens of thousands of people, and it is worth mentioning here that why the German soldiers would rather be frozen alive than rob the Soviets of cotton clothes?
The reason why the German soldiers did not rob the Soviets' cotton clothes was actually because there were no cotton clothes and other heating for them at that time, because all this was a situation that Stalin had laid out long ago, which made the extremely cold weather in Moscow that had not been encountered in a hundred years a nightmare for the German army.
When Germany blitzed the Soviet Union, Hitler had issued an order to take the Soviet Union before the winter in Moscow came, but because the Soviet land interview was too vast and the strategic depth was too large, this led to the passage of time, and the German front on the eastern front was getting longer and longer.
Therefore, the excessive length of the front line, coupled with the continuous bombardment and interception of the Allies, also brought great difficulties to the logistics supply of Germany, and Stalin also discovered this and immediately took corresponding measures.
Let's talk about the "scorched earth tactics" of the Soviet-German War, when Stalin directly adopted the "scorched earth tactics", simply before the German army on the Eastern Front captured the next place.
The Soviets would evacuate all the inhabitants of the area in advance and let them take all the useful supplies with them as much as possible, while for those things that could not be taken away, they would set fire to them all and burn them all, leaving nothing for the Germans.
Not only that, but Stalin also sent bombers to bombard the woods with incendiary bombs, in order not to leave the Germans with the slightest object that could be used to ignite the fire.
In this way, when the temperature in Moscow plummeted, the clothes worn by the German soldiers were still thin coats, which could not withstand the cold of Moscow, and they could not find any warming items, and finally they could only freeze alive in the snow.
According to historical records, about 100,000 German soldiers died in the cold during this period, and the rest of the German soldiers who survived frostbite were countless.
On the other hand, the Soviets, who were their home field, had long been very accustomed to the climate and environment here, so they saw that the German army had lost its combat effectiveness and took the opportunity to fight back, and finally saved Moscow.
References for this article: "The Battle of the Soviet Union and Germany", "The Complete History of World War II", "The Defense of Moscow", "Baidu Encyclopedia Related Terms - World War II, Soviet-German War, Moscow Winter in World War II, etc."